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Editorial
. 2021 Aug 4;19(8):447.
doi: 10.3390/md19080447.

Marine Natural Products as Anticancer Agents

Celso Alves  1 , Marc Diederich  2
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Editorial

Marine Natural Products as Anticancer Agents

Celso Alves et al. Mar Drugs. .

Abstract

Cancer remains one of the major threats to human health and one of the deadliest diseases worldwide [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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