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W. Marston Linehan, MD, on Renal Cell Carcinoma: Genetic Predisposition

2017 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

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W. Marston Linehan, MD, of the National Cancer Institute, discusses the genetic basis of the different types of kidney cancer, which provides the key to clinical management.



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