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Renal Cancer Trends in Molecularly Targeted Therapies

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  1. Division of Hematology Oncology, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Robert A. Figlin

  2. Department of Medical Oncology and Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    Sumanta Kumar Pal

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    Manfred Schwab

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Figlin, R.A., Pal, S.K. (2014). Renal Cancer Trends in Molecularly Targeted Therapies. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_6554-3

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