Cancer Letters
Volume 253, Issue 1 , Pages 131-137 , 8 August 2007

Compromised Fanconi anemia response due to BRCA1 deficiency in cisplatin-sensitive head and neck cancer cell lines

Received 20 November 2006 ,Revised 23 January 2007 ,Accepted 23 January 2007.

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PII: S0304-3835(07)00036-5

doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.01.017

Cancer Letters
Volume 253, Issue 1 , Pages 131-137 , 8 August 2007