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Review Article

An assessment of EGFR and HER2 inhibitors with structure activity relationship of fused pyrimidine derivatives for breast cancer: a brief review

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Pages 1564-1581 | Received 29 Nov 2022, Accepted 30 Mar 2023, Published online: 09 May 2023

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