Reflections on depletion of tumor stroma in pancreatic cancer

Wen-Quan Wang1, Liang Liu1, Jin-Zhi Xu1

  • 1Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Shanghai, China; Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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