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The Many Reasons Why Personalized Medicine Is So Tricky

By Jessica Wapner
Posted: October 12, 2011
Category: cancer | Tagged BOLERO-2, breast cancer, cancer, European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress, everolimus, gene sequencing, Gordon Mills, hormone therapy, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, mTOR inhibitors, personalized medicine, targeted therapy | Leave a comment
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