The 50-Year War on Cancer Revisited: Should We Continue to Fight the Enemy Within?

J Cancer Prev

College of Pharmacy, Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Published: December 2021

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