Tumor markers in colorectal cancer, gastric cancer and gastrointestinal stromal cancers: European group on tumor markers 2014 guidelines update.

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Published in Int J Cancer on August 27, 2013

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M J Duffy1, R Lamerz, C Haglund, A Nicolini, M Kalousová, L Holubec, C Sturgeon

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1: Clinical Research Center, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4 and UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

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