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. 2000 Apr 27;82(10):1627–1628. doi: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1158

Biological markers: maintaining standards

Written on behalf of the Biomarkers Ad-hoc Group of the United Kingdom Coordinating Committee on Cancer Research
PMCID: PMC2374511  PMID: 10817495

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Membership of the Biomarkers Group Comprises: Professor Robin Leake (Biochemistry, Glasgow University – Chairman), Dr Liz Anderson (Clinical Research, Christie Hospital, Manchester), Professor Mitch Dowsett (Endocrinology, Royal Marsden Hospital, London), Dr Ray Iles (St Bartholomew's Hospital, London), Professor Rob Nicholson, Tenovus Unit, Pharmacology, Cardiff), Professor John Robertson (Surgery, Nottingham), Dr Rosemary Walker (Pathology, Leicester)

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