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. 2022 Nov;92(11):2784-2785.
doi: 10.1111/ans.18046.

Current colorectal cancer chemotherapy dosing limitations and novel assessments to personalize treatments

Yasser Arafat  1   2 , Matthew Loft  2   3 , Ke Cao  2 , Fiona Reid  1   2 , Suzanne Kosmider  3 , Margret Lee  3   4   5 , Peter Gibbs  2   3   4 , Ian G Faragher  1   2 , Justin M Yeung  1   2
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Current colorectal cancer chemotherapy dosing limitations and novel assessments to personalize treatments

Yasser Arafat et al. ANZ J Surg. 2022 Nov.
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