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. 2015 Aug;32(Suppl 7):27S-31S.

Colorectal Carcinoma and Emerging Targeted Therapies

Nabin Khanal  1 , Smrity Upadhyay  1 , Peter T Silberstein  1
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Colorectal Carcinoma and Emerging Targeted Therapies

Nabin Khanal et al. Fed Pract. 2015 Aug.

Abstract

Targeted therapies for specific mutations in colorectal cancer have led to an increase in patient overall survival.

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Conflict of interest statement

Author disclosures Peter T. Silberstein, MD, reports receiving payment for lectures from Bristol Myers and Celgene in the past. Drs. Khanal and Upadhyay report no actual or potential conflicts of interest with regard to this article.

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