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Brittney R Starling1, Parag Kumar1,2, Andrew T Lucas1

  • 1Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road, Suite 1013, CB 7361, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7361, USA.

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
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Endometrial cancerEstradiolNanoparticleObesityOvarian cancerPharmacology

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