Functional Imaging in Cancer Drug Development: A Mini-Review
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Cancer drug development is a lengthy and expensive process. Effective and non-invasive biomarkers are required to expedite the process of drug development. Functional imaging appears to have a rapidly emerging role, which is being discussed in this mini-review.
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تاریخ انتشار 2014