Mutational Processes Molding the Genomes of 21 Breast Cancers

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Year: 2012
Type: article
Volume: 149
Issue: 5
Pages: 979-993
Citations: 1933
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                                    Serena Nik‐Zainal, 
                                
                                    Ludmil B. Alexandrov, 
                                
                                    David C. Wedge
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            Mutational Processes Molding the Genomes of 21 Breast Cancers. 
                            Cell
                            , 149
                            (5)
                            , 979-993.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2012.04.024
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.04.024