Absolute quantification of somatic DNA alterations in human cancer

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Somatic cellBiologyChromothripsisGeneticsCancerGenomeCopy-number variationSomatic evolution in cancerExome sequencingHuman genomeCarcinogenesisGeneMutationCancer researchGenome instabilityDNADNA damage

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Year: 2012
Type: article
Volume: 30
Issue: 5
Pages: 413-421
Citations: 2135
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                                    Scott L. Carter, 
                                
                                    Kristian Cibulskis, 
                                
                                    Elena Helman
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            Absolute quantification of somatic DNA alterations in human cancer. 
                            Nature Biotechnology
                            , 30
                            (5)
                            , 413-421.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2203
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2203