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Tumor Suppressor Genes: Prospects for Cancer Therapies

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Should therapy be aimed at restoring normal phenotype to cancer cells or at eliminating the cells altogether?

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Bertelsen, A., Beaudry, G., Stoller, T. et al. Tumor Suppressor Genes: Prospects for Cancer Therapies. Nat Biotechnol 13, 127–131 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0295-127

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