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Gastrointestinal Cancer

Increased expression of CD133 is a strong predictor of poor outcome in stage I colorectal cancer patients

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Pages 1211-1217 | Received 01 Apr 2012, Accepted 09 May 2012, Published online: 03 Aug 2012

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