Are there any differences in genomic characterization of non-small cell lung cancer between African Americans and Whites?

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Ikuo Sekine. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov;8(11):E1517-E1519.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.11.65.

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.

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