cMET as a potential therapeutic target in gastric cancer (Review)
- Authors:
- Lisong Teng
- Jun Lu
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Affiliations: Department of Surgical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, P.R. China - Published online on: October 18, 2013 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2013.1531
- Pages: 1247-1254
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