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Limitations of Isolated Tumor Cells in Gastric Cancer: Heterogeneity Requests Systems Biology Approaches Towards Personalized Medicine

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  1. Department of Surgery, Ionnina University School of Medicine, Ionnina, Greece

    Dimosthenis E. Ziogas MD & Dimitrios H. Roukos MD

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Ziogas, D.E., Roukos, D.H. Limitations of Isolated Tumor Cells in Gastric Cancer: Heterogeneity Requests Systems Biology Approaches Towards Personalized Medicine. Ann Surg Oncol 17, 343–344 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-009-0747-3

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