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The research created new azasteroids and pseudoazulenyl nitrones, which could be useful in medicine.
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May 2015 in “Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network” Doctors should actively prevent and treat skin side effects in cancer patients to keep them on the best medication and reduce discomfort.
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