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An Organotypic High Throughput System for Characterization of Drug Sensitivity of Primary Multiple Myeloma Cells
Published on: July 15, 2015
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Overall Survival Remains Important in Trials of Early-Line Multiple Myeloma Therapy
Alfred Garfall1, Adam Cohen1, Edward Stadtmauer1
1Alfred Garfall, MD, Adam Cohen, MD, Edward Stadtmauer, MD, Sandra Susanibar-Adaniya, MD, Dan Vogl, MD, and Adam Waxman, MD, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
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