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ORIGINAL ARTICLES Cellular and Molecular Biology

Curcumin Sensitizes Lung Cancer Cells to Cisplatin-Induced Apoptosis Through Superoxide Anion-Mediated Bcl-2 Degradation

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Pages 624-635 | Published online: 20 Jul 2009

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