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Reactive oxygen species in colorectal cancer adjuvant therapies

Yang Zhang1, Mengqiu Hao2, Xuyang Yang1

  • 1Colorectal Cancer Center and Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; Research Laboratory of Tumor Epigenetics and Genomics, Department of General Surgery, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Molecular Basis of Disease
|October 28, 2023
PubMed

Keywords:
Adjuvant therapiesAntioxidantColorectal cancerOxidative stressReactive oxygen species

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