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Norhayati Mohd Zain,Kanaga Kumari Chelliah,Vengkatha Priya Seriramulu,Shantini Arasaratnam,Poh Bee Koon    

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Marjan Mansourian ,Shaghayegh Haghjooy-Javanmard ,Azadeh Eshraghi ,Golnaz Vaseghi ,Alireza Hayatshahi ,Jean Thomas    

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Revista: Acta bioethica

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Revista: Cancers