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Colorectal Cancer Chemoprevention

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  1. Department of Cancer Studies, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE2 7RX, UK

    Lynne M. Howells & Karen Brown

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Howells, L.M., Brown, K. (2015). Colorectal Cancer Chemoprevention. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_7223-1

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