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Emerging Data on Targeted Therapies for Colorectal Cancer: An Expert Interview With Dr. Herbert Hurw
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Title Emerging Data on Targeted Therapies for Colorectal Cancer: An Expert Interview With Dr. Herbert Hurw
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576508?src=rss
Description Recent colorectal cancer studies are helping to define the role of targeted therapies in the adjuvant setting and delineate how genetic mutations may predict response to targeted treatments.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Category Articles > Gastroenterology
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Date Jul 1, 2008
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