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Department of Surgery, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 4BX, UK.Issue Date
2001-06
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This paper challenges the perception that the success of the human genome project has brought us to the threshold of a cure for many common cancers. Paradoxically, the message emerging from the genetics of breast cancer may be that the genetic damage associated with malignant transformation, and the mutations predisposing to the disease in our gene pool, may prove impossible to eliminate. Copyright Harcourt Publishers Limited.Citation
There may never be a final cure for breast cancer. 2001, 27 (4):338-9 Eur J Surg OncolJournal
European Journal of Surgical OncologyDOI
10.1053/ejso.2000.1101PubMed ID
11417975Type
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0748-7983ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1053/ejso.2000.1101
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