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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2012; 18(42): 6027-6035
Published online Nov 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i42.6027
Published online Nov 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i42.6027
Human endogenous retroviruses and cancer: Causality and therapeutic possibilities
Christina S Mullins, Michael Linnebacher, Department of General, Thoracic, Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, Section Molecular Oncology and Immunotherapy, University of Rostock, Schillingallee 35, 18057 Rostock, Germany
Author contributions: Mullins CS and Linnebacher M analyzed the literature and wrote the paper.
Supported by Grants from the State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and from Deutsche Krebshilfe, No. 108446
Correspondence to: Michael Linnebacher, PhD, Department of General, Thoracic, Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, Section Molecular Oncology and Immunotherapy, University of Rostock, Schillingallee 35, 18057 Rostock, Germany. michael.linnebacher@med.uni-rostock.de
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Received: June 5, 2012
Revised: September 10, 2012
Accepted: September 19, 2012
Published online: November 14, 2012
Revised: September 10, 2012
Accepted: September 19, 2012
Published online: November 14, 2012
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