Biology of telomeres: importance in etiology of esophageal cancer and as therapeutic target.

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Published in Transl Res on October 01, 2013

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Jagannath Pal1, Jason S Gold, Nikhil C Munshi, Masood A Shammas

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1: Harvard (Dana Farber) Cancer Institute, Boston, Mass; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Mass.

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