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A nine-gene signature related to tumor microenvironment predicts overall survival with ovarian cancer.
Qi Ding · Shanshan Dong · Ranran Wang · Keqiang Zhang · Hui Wang · Xiao Zhou · Jing Wang · Kee Wong · Ying Long · Shuai Zhu · Weigang Wang · Huayi Ren · Yong Zeng
Aging · 2020 doi:10.18632/aging.102914
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