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Autophagic flux response and glioblastoma sensitivity to radiation

Achilleas G. Mitrakas, Dimitra Kalamida, Alexandra Giatromanolaki, Stamatia Pouliliou, Avgi Tsolou, Rafail Kyranas and Michael I. Koukourakis
Cancer Biology & Medicine August 2018, 15 (3) 260-276; DOI: https://doi.org/10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2017.0173

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