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Pharmacogenetics: uncovering the complex relationship between HIV and non-adherence among South African breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen

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    Keneuoe C. Nthontho

  2. Botswana-University of Pennsylvania Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana

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Nthontho, K.C., Tawe, L. & Paganotti, G.M. Pharmacogenetics: uncovering the complex relationship between HIV and non-adherence among South African breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen. Breast Cancer Res Treat 199, 399–400 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-023-06913-3

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