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Regorafenib in Patients with Refractory Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: A Phase II Study (RESOUND)

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Pages 4009-4017 | Received 09 Aug 2019, Accepted 14 Oct 2019, Published online: 20 Nov 2019

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