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Yeo A, Chong M, Tay L, Yew S, Tan C, Ismail N, Lim W. TRENDS AND PREDICTORS OF 2-YEAR ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY DWELLING OLDER ADULTS. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.3245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hildon Z, Tan C, Shiraz F, Ng W, Deng X, Koh G, Tan K, Vrijhoef H. “HOW CAN WE HELP?”: A BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL RISK SCREENER FOR COMMUNITY DETECTION OF VULNERABLE ELDERS. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.1889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Yew S, Lim W, Chong M, Yeo A, Tan C, Ismail N, Tay L. LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SARCOPENIA PROGRESSION IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.2088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Meyer Q, Mansor N, Iacoviello F, Cullen P, Jervis R, Finegan D, Tan C, Bailey J, Shearing P, Brett D. Investigation of Hot Pressed Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Assemblies via X-ray Computed Tomography. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cheong C, Su S, Wan Y, Tan C, Chen Y, Kang Y, Ullal M. PROPHYLAXIS PROTOCOL FOR SURGICALLY TREATED HIP-FRACTURED ELDERLY IN REDUCING VENOUS-THROMBOEMBOLISM. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.1304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Kim S, Kulkarni PA, Rajan M, Thomas P, Tsai S, Tan C, Davidow A. Hurricane Sandy (New Jersey): Mortality Rates in the Following Month and Quarter. Am J Public Health 2017. [PMID: 28640678 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2017.303826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe changes in mortality after Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on October 29, 2012. METHODS We used electronic death records to describe changes in all-cause and cause-specific mortality overall, in persons aged 76 years or older, and by 3 Sandy impact levels for the month and quarter following Hurricane Sandy compared with the same periods in earlier years adjusted for trends. RESULTS All-cause mortality increased 6% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 2%, 11%) for the month, 5%, 8%, and 12% by increasing Sandy impact level; and 7% (95% CI = 5%, 10%) for the quarter, 5%, 8%, and 15% by increasing Sandy impact level. In elderly persons, all-cause mortality rates increased 10% (95% CI = 5%, 15%) and 13% (95% CI = 10%, 16%) in the month and quarter, respectively. Deaths that were cardiovascular disease-related increased by 6% in both periods, noninfectious respiratory disease-related by 24% in the quarter, infection-related by 20% in the quarter, and unintentional injury-related by 23% in the month. CONCLUSIONS Mortality increased, heterogeneous by cause, for both periods after Hurricane Sandy, particularly in communities more severely affected and in the elderly, who may benefit from supportive services.
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Qian X, Tan C, Yang B, Wang F, Ge Y, Guan Z, Cai J. Astaxanthin increases radiosensitivity in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma through inducing apoptosis and G2/M arrest. Dis Esophagus 2017; 30:1-7. [PMID: 28475750 DOI: 10.1093/dote/dox027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nowadays esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is primarily treated by a comprehensive approach combining surgical resection and neoadjuvant chemo- or radiotherapy. However, ESCC is resistant to radiation therapy, resulting in its invasion, infiltration, and metastasis. It usually has rapidly progressed and has a poor outcome clinically. The purpose of this study is to determine the potential radiosensitizing effect of astaxanthin (ATX) and explore the underlying mechanisms in ESCC cells in vitro. ESCC cell lines were exposure to irradiation, in the presence or absence of ATX treatment. Cell viability and radiosensitization were tested by CCK8 assay and clonogenic survival assay, respectively. Cell apoptosis and the changes of cell cycle distribution were observed by flow cytometry. The protein expression of Bcl2, Bax, CyclinB1, and Cdc2 was examined by western blot analysis. It was shown that ATX improved radiosensitivity of ESCC cells and induced apoptosis and G2/M arrest via inhibiting Bcl2, CyclinB1, Cdc2, and promoting Bax expression. In conclusion, ATX might function as a promising radiosensitizer in ESCC cells by leading to apoptosis and G2/M arrest.
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Chiang A, Tan C, Rieger K, Cho R, Chang A, Tang J, Oro A, Sarin K. 105 Genetic drivers of basosquamous carcinoma. J Invest Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.02.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Dagaonkar RS, Lee C, Choong CV, Tan C, Lim K, Abisheganaden JA. 0465 PROFILE OF SINGAPOREAN PATIENTS WITH SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING(SDB): THE IMPACT OF ETHNICITY. Sleep 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Li Y, Latt TZ, Tan C, Ho HH, Ong PJL, Watson TJ. TCTAP A-105 Routine Cardiac Catheterization Is Safe in Non-fasted Patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.03.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Zhao B, Cao X, De La Torre-Roche R, Tan C, Yang T, White JC, Xiao H, Xing B, He L. A green, facile, and rapid method for microextraction and Raman detection of titanium dioxide nanoparticles from milk powder. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra02520c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A green, facile, and rapid method for microextraction and Raman detection of titanium dioxide nanoparticles from milk powder is reported.
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Tan C, Da Y, Wu Z, Liu D, He X, Li N, Hu X. 0326 Genome-wide association study and accuracy of genomic prediction for teat number in Duroc pigs using genotyping by sequencing. J Anim Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.2527/jam2016-0326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Da Y, Tan C, Parakapenka D. 0336 Joint SNP-haplotype analysis for genomic selection based on the invariance property of GBLUP and GREML to duplicate SNPs. J Anim Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.2527/jam2016-0336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dong W, Ho S, Tan C, MacLeod E, Bresler R, Keller M, Hsu S. P045 Validation of BLDType for ABO/RHD/CCR5 typing of registry donors. Hum Immunol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2016.07.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Tan C, Liu WL, Dong F. Characterizing the correlations between local phase fractions of gas-liquid two-phase flow with wire-mesh sensor. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2016; 374:rsta.2015.0335. [PMID: 27185959 PMCID: PMC4874384 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Understanding of flow patterns and their transitions is significant to uncover the flow mechanics of two-phase flow. The local phase distribution and its fluctuations contain rich information regarding the flow structures. A wire-mesh sensor (WMS) was used to study the local phase fluctuations of horizontal gas-liquid two-phase flow, which was verified through comparing the reconstructed three-dimensional flow structure with photographs taken during the experiments. Each crossing point of the WMS is treated as a node, so the measurement on each node is the phase fraction in this local area. An undirected and unweighted flow pattern network was established based on connections that are formed by cross-correlating the time series of each node under different flow patterns. The structure of the flow pattern network reveals the relationship of the phase fluctuations at each node during flow pattern transition, which is then quantified by introducing the topological index of the complex network. The proposed analysis method using the WMS not only provides three-dimensional visualizations of the gas-liquid two-phase flow, but is also a thorough analysis for the structure of flow patterns and the characteristics of flow pattern transition. This article is part of the themed issue 'Supersensing through industrial process tomography'.
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The history of coronary angioplasty began with the groundbreaking work of Andreas Grüntzig, who was the first to use balloon-expandable catheters for the treatment of flow-limiting atherosclerotic coronary artery lesions. Thereafter, early investigators tested self-expanding springs as a solution to abrupt closure and restenosis seen with balloon angioplasty but these devices suffered from difficult delivery and a high complication rate. Julio Palmaz and Richard Schatz introduced the first balloon-expandable stent as a mechanical support to improve vessel patency. Their pioneering work launched a new era in the treatment of coronary artery disease.
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Tan C, Anderson J, Maskon O, Chin S, Che Hassan H, Choor C, Paul S, Abu Bakar N, Azreen N, Amran@Azman N, Ismahadi Z, Qizhou L, Cheong S, Abdul Wahid S. Autologous MSC Infusion Improves Ejection Fraction and Wall Thickness in Severe Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Results From a Clinical Multicentre Phase II/III Randomized Controlled Trial. Cytotherapy 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2016.03.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Davidow AL, Thomas P, Kim S, Passannante M, Tsai S, Tan C. Access to Care in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey, 2012. Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2016; 10:485-91. [PMID: 27292171 PMCID: PMC6706856 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2016.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Evacuation and damage following a widespread natural disaster may affect short-term access to medical care. We estimated medical care needs in New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy in 2012. METHODS Hurricane Sandy-related questions regarding medical needs included in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey were administered to survey respondents living in New Jersey when Sandy occurred. RESULTS Recently arrived foreign-born residents were more likely than US-born residents to need medical care following Sandy. Others with greater medical needs included the uninsured and evacuees. Persons who evacuated or lived in areas that experienced the greatest hurricane impact were less likely to be able to fill a prescription. Only 15% of New Jerseyans were aware of the Emergency Pharmaceutical Assistance Program (EPAP), a federal program which allows prescription refills for the uninsured following a disaster. Recently arrived foreign-born residents and the uninsured were less frequently aware of EPAP: 8.7% and 10.9%. CONCLUSIONS Populations with impaired access to care in normal times-such as the recently arrived foreign-born and the uninsured-were also at risk of compromised access in the hurricane's aftermath. Measures to address prescription refills during a disaster need better promotion among at-risk populations. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:485-491).
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Jiao ZY, Li YB, Mao J, Liu XY, Yang XC, Tan C, Chu JM, Liu XP. Differentiating origins of outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias: a comparison of three different electrocardiographic algorithms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 49:e5206. [PMID: 27143173 PMCID: PMC4855996 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20165206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Our objective is to evaluate the accuracy of three algorithms in differentiating the
origins of outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias (OTVAs). This study involved 110
consecutive patients with OTVAs for whom a standard 12-lead surface electrocardiogram
(ECG) showed typical left bundle branch block morphology with an inferior axis. All
the ECG tracings were retrospectively analyzed using the following three recently
published ECG algorithms: 1) the transitional zone (TZ) index,
2) the V2 transition ratio, and 3)
V2 R wave duration and R/S wave amplitude indices. Considering all
patients, the V2 transition ratio had the highest sensitivity (92.3%),
while the R wave duration and R/S wave amplitude indices in V2 had the
highest specificity (93.9%). The latter finding had a maximal area under the ROC
curve of 0.925. In patients with left ventricular (LV) rotation, the V2
transition ratio had the highest sensitivity (94.1%), while the R wave duration and
R/S wave amplitude indices in V2 had the highest specificity (87.5%). The
former finding had a maximal area under the ROC curve of 0.892. All three published
ECG algorithms are effective in differentiating the origin of OTVAs, while the
V2 transition ratio, and the V2 R wave duration and R/S wave
amplitude indices are the most sensitive and specific algorithms, respectively.
Amongst all of the patients, the V2 R wave duration and R/S wave amplitude
algorithm had the maximal area under the ROC curve, but in patients with LV rotation
the V2 transition ratio algorithm had the maximum area under the ROC
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Tan C, Srivastava A, Rubenson D, Smith M, Mohan R, Meyer D, Baradarian S, Heywood J. LVOT VTI OUTPERFORMS EJECTION FRACTION AND DOPPLER-DERIVED CARDIAC OUTPUT FOR PREDICTING OUTCOMES IN A SELECT ADVANCED HEART FAILURE COHORT. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(16)31703-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tan A, Li HM, Tan C, Chinniah S, Ong PJ. TCTAP A-106 To Reduce Unnecessary Intravenous Cannulation in Invasive Cardiac Cathlab. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.03.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Mark JY, Chinniah S, Tan C, Ong PJ, Haider R. TCTAP A-107 Reducing Preparation Time for Invasive Cardiac Procedures Using the All-In-One Cardiac Catheterisation Set. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.03.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lincoln S, Tan C, Kennemer M, Powers M, Monzon F. Abstract P2-09-25: Constitutional mosaicism in hereditary cancer genes. Cancer Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs15-p2-09-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Mutations conferring cancer risk are typically inherited from one biological parent. Alternatively, a mutation may be constitutional mosaic, meaning that a fraction of cells in the body carry the mutation. This can result e.g. from a de novo mutation early in embryogenesis. Constitutional mosaicism may be an underreported cause of genetic disease [1,2] for 2 reasons: Family histories can be uninformative (mosaic mutations are typically not inherited, but can be passed on to children). Also, germline laboratory tests (if performed) are traditionally not optimized to detect low allele frequency events (in contrast to tumor tests for somatic mutations). Following our recent identification of a mosaic BRCA1 cancer patient [3], we sought to characterize additional such cases in our laboratory population.
Methods: We examined high-depth next-generation sequencing (NGS) data for pathogenic or suspected pathogenic mutations with unequal allele balance (i.e., not the expected 50-50 ratio) in blood-derived DNA. Because many factors can cause unequal allele balance in NGS, we reviewed the lab and clinical data in detail to remove cases likely due to (a) technical artifacts in NGS, (b) other somatic events, as may happen in response to chemotherapy, or (c) undiagnosed, residual or progressing blood cancers. An orthogonal assay was used for confirmation.
Results: To date, 14 cases with mosaic mutations (7-29% allele frequency) have been confirmed: 8 of these patients have breast/ovarian cancer and 6 have other cancers. These allele frequencies are unlikely to be caused by circulating tumor DNA or cells. These findings include our published BRCA1 case, 7 TP53 cases, 1 NF1 case, 2 CHEK2, 2 MLH1, and 1 PTCH1. 3 additional mutations were determined to be part of a haematopoietic neoplasm (1 previously undiagnosed). Cases of note include (i) a young breast cancer patient, with no cutaneous findings, positive for NF1 at 9%, and (ii) a patient presenting with the Muir-Torre variant of Lynch syndrome who had negative MLH1/MSH2 Sanger sequencing 14 years ago, identified to be positive for MLH1 at 25% by NGS.
Conclusion: Constitutional mosaic mutations may be an under-recognized cause of cancer and unique clinical considerations apply to such cases. First, a mosaic patient may not show the same gene-associated phenotypes as patients with inherited heterozygous mutations in the same gene. Second, patients with syndromic presentations who tested negative for the indicated gene(s) by traditional methodologies may warrant reexamination by NGS. Similarly, patients with heterozygous mutations (50-50) may have a mosaic parent, for whom the mutation could be missed by traditional testing. Testing of family members beyond first degree relatives of a mosaic patient is unlikely to modify risk assessments, unlike the situation for patients with inherited heterozygous mutations. Finally, apparent mosaicism may warrant an evaluation for a underlying haematologic malignancy. We note that the prevalence of mosaic findings in hereditary cancer genes is currently unclear but may higher than once thought. Further clinical research on this topic is clearly warranted.
(1) Campbell et al., AJHG, 2014
(2) Acuna-Hildago et al., AJHG, 2015
(3) Friedman et al., SABCS 2014; BJC 2015.
Citation Format: Lincoln S, Tan C, Kennemer M, Powers M, Monzon F. Constitutional mosaicism in hereditary cancer genes. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2015 Dec 8-12; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-09-25.
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