MGMT: its role in cancer aetiology and cancer therapeutics.

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Published in Nat Rev Cancer on April 01, 2004

Authors

Stanton L Gerson1

Author Affiliations

1: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. slg5@case.edu

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