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Tumor progression, oncogenes and the evolution of metastatic phenotypic diversity

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Nicolson, G.L. Tumor progression, oncogenes and the evolution of metastatic phenotypic diversity. Clin Exp Metast 2, 85–105 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00052411

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