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Review Article| Volume 32, ISSUE 1, P13-25, January 2023

The Development of Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials in Surgical Oncology

Published:November 03, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soc.2022.07.003

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