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Letter to the Editor| Volume 147, ISSUE 4, P596, April 2010

Obesity and pancreatic cancer: Possible role of the PI3K/Akt pathway

Published:January 18, 2010DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2009.11.012
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