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Paul Ruff to Humans

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  1. Barriers and Challenges to Implementing a Quality Improvement Program: Political and Administrative Challenges. JCO Glob Oncol. 2024 Jun; 10:e2300455.
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    Score: 0,070
  2. The Looming Threat: Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa. Oncologist. 2021 12; 26(12):e2099-e2101.
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    Score: 0,058
  3. Survival of south african women with breast cancer receiving anti-retroviral therapy for HIV. Breast. 2021 Oct; 59:27-36.
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    Score: 0,057
  4. It's contrary - comorbidity does not affect survival of South Africans with colorectal cancer: An analysis from the Colorectal Cancer in South Africa cohort. S Afr Med J. 2020 Apr 29; 110(5):382-388.
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    Score: 0,053
  5. Colorectal Cancer (CRC) treatment and associated costs in the public sector compared to the private sector in Johannesburg, South Africa. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Apr 07; 20(1):290.
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    Score: 0,053
  6. A Prospective Cohort Study of Factors Associated With Place of Death Among Patients With Late-Stage Cancer in Southern Africa. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 05; 57(5):923-932.
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    Score: 0,049
  7. Clinico-pathological characteristics among South African women with breast cancer receiving anti-retroviral therapy for HIV. Breast. 2019 Feb; 43:123-129.
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    Score: 0,048
  8. Breast cancer survival in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa: A receptor-defined cohort of women diagnosed from 2009 to 11. Cancer Epidemiol. 2018 02; 52:120-127.
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    Score: 0,045
  9. Observed benefit and safety of aflibercept in elderly patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: An age-based analysis from the randomized placebo-controlled phase III VELOUR trial. J Geriatr Oncol. 2018 01; 9(1):32-39.
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    Score: 0,044
  10. Access to Cancer Therapeutics in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2016; 35:58-65.
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    Score: 0,039
  11. Time course of safety and efficacy of aflibercept in combination with FOLFIRI in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who progressed on previous oxaliplatin-based therapy. Eur J Cancer. 2015 Jan; 51(1):18-26.
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    Score: 0,036
  12. The South African National Cancer Registry: an update. Lancet Oncol. 2014 Aug; 15(9):e363.
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    Score: 0,036
  13. Cancer care in South Africa. Lancet Oncol. 2012 Aug; 13(8):e324.
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    Score: 0,031
  14. Brief communication: Minimally invasive bone sampling method for DNA analysis. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2009 Aug; 139(4):596-9.
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    Score: 0,025
  15. A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind phase 2 study of docetaxel compared to docetaxel plus zosuquidar (LY335979) in women with metastatic or locally recurrent breast cancer who have received one prior chemotherapy regimen. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2009 Sep; 64(4):763-8.
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    Score: 0,024
  16. The South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR) and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. S Afr Med J. 2008 Jul; 98(7):516, 518, 520.
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    Score: 0,023
  17. The association of HIV status with triple-negative breast cancer in patients with breast cancer in South Africa: a cross-sectional analysis of case-only data from a prospective cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Dec; 12(12):e1993-e2002.
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    Score: 0,018
  18. Pembrolizumab 400 mg every 6 weeks as first-line therapy for advanced melanoma (KEYNOTE-555): Results from cohort B of an open-label, phase 1 study. PLoS One. 2024; 19(11):e0309778.
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    Score: 0,018
  19. Perspectives on common chronic diseases in adult cancer patients in South Africa. Glob Health Action. 2023 12 31; 16(1):2228567.
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    Score: 0,017
  20. FGFR2 genetic variants in women with breast cancer. Mol Med Rep. 2023 Dec; 28(6).
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    Score: 0,017
  21. The Impact of HIV Infection on Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Chemotherapy Relative Dose Intensity in South African Patients with Breast Cancer. Oncologist. 2023 10 03; 28(10):e921-e929.
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    Score: 0,017
  22. Cost-effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy for high-risk stage II and stage III colon cancer in South Africa. Cancer Med. 2023 07; 12(14):15515-15529.
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    Score: 0,016
  23. PAM50 intrinsic subtypes, risk of recurrence score and breast cancer survival in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients-a South African cohort study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Aug; 200(3):337-346.
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    Score: 0,016
  24. Effects of Genetic Polymorphisms of Drug Metabolizing Enzymes and co-Medications on Tamoxifen Metabolism in Black South African Women with Breast Cancer. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2023 07; 114(1):127-136.
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    Score: 0,016
  25. Discordance between PAM50 intrinsic subtyping and immunohistochemistry in South African women with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 May; 199(1):1-12.
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    Score: 0,016
  26. Drivers of disparities in stage at diagnosis among women with breast cancer: South African breast cancers and HIV outcomes cohort. PLoS One. 2023; 18(2):e0281916.
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    Score: 0,016
  27. Multimorbidity and overall survival among women with breast cancer: results from the South African Breast Cancer and HIV Outcomes Study. Breast Cancer Res. 2023 01 23; 25(1):7.
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    Score: 0,016
  28. The impact of HIV on non-adherence for tamoxifen among women with breast cancer in South Africa. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Feb; 197(3):647-659.
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    Score: 0,016
  29. Prevalence of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance in Black South African Men. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 12 05; 31(12):2192-2198.
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    Score: 0,016
  30. Burn-injured patients - the preferably unheard. S Afr J Surg. 2022 Dec; 60(4):229-234.
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    Score: 0,016
  31. The Impact of Breast Cancer Treatment Delays on Survival Among South African Women. Oncologist. 2022 03 11; 27(3):e233-e243.
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    Score: 0,015
  32. Impact of HIV infection on survival among women with stage I-III breast cancer: Results from the South African breast cancer and HIV outcomes study. Int J Cancer. 2022 Jul 15; 151(2):209-221.
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    Score: 0,015
  33. Modeling the Cost-Effectiveness of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer in South African Public Hospitals. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 12; 7:1730-1741.
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    Score: 0,015
  34. Spotlight on International Quality: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Quality Improvement in Cancer Care. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 09; 7:1513-1521.
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    Score: 0,015
  35. Impact of HIV infection on overall survival among women with stage IV breast cancer in South Africa. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Aug; 189(1):285-296.
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    Score: 0,014
  36. Cancer and COVID-19 Experiences at African Cancer Centers: The Silver Lining. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 03; 7:410-415.
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    Score: 0,014
  37. Consensus study on the health system and patient-related barriers for lung cancer management in South Africa. PLoS One. 2021; 16(2):e0246716.
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    Score: 0,014
  38. Quality of Histopathological Reporting in Breast Cancer: Results From Four South African Breast Units. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 01; 7:72-80.
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    Score: 0,014
  39. Quality indicators for the diagnosis and surgical management of breast cancer in South Africa. Breast. 2020 Dec; 54:187-196.
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    Score: 0,014
  40. Frequency of S492R mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor: analysis of plasma DNA from patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with panitumumab or cetuximab monotherapy. Cancer Biol Ther. 2020 10 02; 21(10):891-898.
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    Score: 0,014
  41. A comparison of complete pathologic response rates following neoadjuvant chemotherapy among South African breast cancer patients with and without concurrent HIV infection. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Dec; 184(3):861-872.
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    Score: 0,014
  42. Primary results from CECILIA, a global single-arm phase II study evaluating bevacizumab, carboplatin and paclitaxel for advanced cervical cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2020 10; 159(1):142-149.
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    Score: 0,013
  43. Hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma in South Africa in the era of HIV. BMC Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul 13; 20(1):226.
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    Score: 0,013
  44. Spiritual Care, Pain Reduction, and Preferred Place of Death Among Advanced Cancer Patients in Soweto, South Africa. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 07; 60(1):37-47.
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    Score: 0,013
  45. Breast Cancer Care Quality in South Africa's Public Health System: An Evaluation Using American Society of Clinical Oncology/National Quality Forum Measures. J Glob Oncol. 2019 11; 5:1-16.
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    Score: 0,013
  46. The multimorbidity profile of South African women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Int J Cancer. 2020 07 15; 147(2):361-374.
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    Score: 0,013
  47. Exon skipping truncates the PDZ domain of human erythroid p55 in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia in acute megakaryoblastic blast crisis. Leuk Res. 1999 Mar; 23(3):247-50.
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    Score: 0,012
  48. Computational Analysis of miRNA and their Gene Targets Significantly Involved in Colorectal Cancer Progression. Microrna. 2019; 8(1):68-75.
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    Score: 0,012
  49. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Use for Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer at Five Public South African Hospitals and Impact on Time to Initial Cancer Therapy. Oncologist. 2019 07; 24(7):933-944.
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    Score: 0,012
  50. Evaluation of Emergent Mutations in Circulating Cell-Free DNA and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Treated with Panitumumab in the ASPECCT Study. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 02 15; 25(4):1216-1225.
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    Score: 0,012
  51. Illness Understanding and End-of-Life Care Communication and Preferences for Patients With Advanced Cancer in South Africa. J Glob Oncol. 2018 09; 4:1-9.
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    Score: 0,012
  52. Efficacy and Safety of Sunitinib in Patients with Well-Differentiated Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours. Neuroendocrinology. 2018; 107(3):237-245.
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    Score: 0,012
  53. Informal Caregiver Challenges for Advanced Cancer Patients During End-of-Life Care in Johannesburg, South Africa and Distinctions Based on Place of Death. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 07; 56(1):98-106.
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    Score: 0,011
  54. Barriers to early presentation of breast cancer among women in Soweto, South Africa. PLoS One. 2018; 13(2):e0192071.
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    Score: 0,011
  55. A phase II study of oral clofazimine in unresectable and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Oncol. 1998 Feb; 9(2):217-9.
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    Score: 0,011
  56. Breast conservation surgery versus total mastectomy among women with localized breast cancer in Soweto, South Africa. PLoS One. 2017; 12(8):e0182125.
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    Score: 0,011
  57. Final results and outcomes by prior bevacizumab exposure, skin toxicity, and hypomagnesaemia from ASPECCT: randomized phase 3 non-inferiority study of panitumumab versus cetuximab in chemorefractory wild-type KRAS exon 2 metastatic colorectal cancer. Eur J Cancer. 2016 11; 68:51-59.
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    Score: 0,010
  58. Aflibercept Plus FOLFIRI vs. Placebo Plus FOLFIRI in Second-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: a Post Hoc Analysis of Survival from the Phase III VELOUR Study Subsequent to Exclusion of Patients who had Recurrence During or Within 6 Months of Completing Adjuvant Oxaliplatin-Based Therapy. Target Oncol. 2016 06; 11(3):383-400.
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    Score: 0,010
  59. Molecular analysis of a silent polymorphism in the PDZ domain of p55, the major palmitoylated erythrocyte membrane protein. Hematopathol Mol Hematol. 1996; 10(4):187-91.
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    Score: 0,010
  60. Establishment of a cancer surveillance programme: the South African experience. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Aug; 16(8):e414-21.
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    Score: 0,010
  61. Patterns of clonal evolution in transformed chronic myelogenous leukemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1995 Jun; 81(2):182-4.
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    Score: 0,009
  62. Lymphoproliferative malignancies in association with endemic African Kaposi's sarcoma. Cent Afr J Med. 1994 Jul; 40(7):176-8.
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    Score: 0,009
  63. ASPECCT: panitumumab versus cetuximab for colorectal cancer--authors' reply. Lancet Oncol. 2014 Jul; 15(8):e303.
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    Score: 0,009
  64. Panitumumab versus cetuximab in patients with chemotherapy-refractory wild-type KRAS exon 2 metastatic colorectal cancer (ASPECCT): a randomised, multicentre, open-label, non-inferiority phase 3 study. Lancet Oncol. 2014 May; 15(6):569-79.
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    Score: 0,009
  65. Ondansetron compared with granisetron in the prophylaxis of cisplatin-induced acute emesis: a multicentre double-blind, randomised, parallel-group study. The Ondansetron and Granisetron Emesis Study Group. Oncology. 1994 Jan-Feb; 51(1):113-8.
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    Score: 0,009
  66. Aflibercept versus placebo in combination with fluorouracil, leucovorin and irinotecan in the treatment of previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer: prespecified subgroup analyses from the VELOUR trial. Eur J Cancer. 2014 Jan; 50(2):320-31.
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    Score: 0,008
  67. Panitumumab-FOLFOX4 treatment and RAS mutations in colorectal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2013 Sep 12; 369(11):1023-34.
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    Score: 0,008
  68. Addition of aflibercept to fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan improves survival in a phase III randomized trial in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer previously treated with an oxaliplatin-based regimen. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Oct 01; 30(28):3499-506.
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    Score: 0,008
  69. Randomized, phase III trial of panitumumab with infusional fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX4) versus FOLFOX4 alone as first-line treatment in patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer: the PRIME study. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Nov 01; 28(31):4697-705.
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    Score: 0,007
  70. Cetuximab and chemotherapy as initial treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2009 Apr 02; 360(14):1408-17.
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    Score: 0,006
  71. Novel methods of molecular sex identification from skeletal tissue using the amelogenin gene. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2009 Mar; 3(2):74-9.
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    Score: 0,006
  72. The spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus-associated cancers in a South African black population: results from a case-control study, 1995-2004. Int J Cancer. 2008 May 15; 122(10):2260-5.
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    Score: 0,006
  73. Phase III randomized controlled trial comparing the survival of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with nolatrexed or doxorubicin. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jul 20; 25(21):3069-75.
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    Score: 0,005
  74. Amyloidosis: a changing clinical perspective. Hematology. 2007 Apr; 12(2):163-7.
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    Score: 0,005
  75. A phase I study of concurrent cisplatin chemotherapy in patients with carcinoma of the cervix receiving pelvic radiotherapy. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2006 Jul-Aug; 16(4):1614-9.
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    Score: 0,005
  76. Phase I/II study of first-line irinotecan combined with 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid Mayo Clinic schedule in patients with advanced colorectal cancer. BMC Cancer. 2004 Jul 16; 4:36.
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    Score: 0,004
  77. Risk factors for high anti-HHV-8 antibody titers (> or =1:51,200) in black, HIV-1 negative South African cancer patients: a case control study. BMC Infect Dis. 2003 Sep 12; 3:21.
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    Score: 0,004
  78. The treatment of AIDS-related cancers. Lancet Oncol. 2003 Sep; 4(9):576-81.
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    Score: 0,004
  79. Differential modulation by estradiol of P-glycoprotein drug resistance protein expression in cultured MCF7 and T47D breast cancer cells. Anticancer Res. 2002 Jul-Aug; 22(4):2253-9.
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    Score: 0,004
  80. The spectrum of HIV-1 related cancers in South Africa. Int J Cancer. 2000 Nov 01; 88(3):489-92.
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    Score: 0,003
  81. Low serum testosterone and a younger age predict for a poor outcome in metastatic prostate cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 1997 Dec; 20(6):605-8.
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    Score: 0,003
  82. Association between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection and cancer in the black population of Johannesburg and Soweto, South Africa. Br J Cancer. 1997; 75(11):1704-7.
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    Score: 0,003
  83. SSCP analysis of the tyrosine kinase domain of the insulin receptor gene: polymorphisms detected in South African black and white subjects. Hum Genet. 1996 Apr; 97(4):438-40.
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    Score: 0,002
  84. Radiation therapy in an elderly African population with Kaposi's sarcoma. Tumori. 1994 Apr 30; 80(2):139-40.
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    Score: 0,002
  85. Radiation therapy in endemic (African) Kaposi's sarcoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1993 Dec 01; 27(5):1181-4.
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    Score: 0,002
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