Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy

Name	Structure
Vorinostat
Tucidinostat
Romidepsin
Panobinostat
Belinostat

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Author contributions

DIA, EDdA, and PTG: Conceptualization. DIA, NHP, and LSH: Investigation, Data collection. DIA: Writing—original draft. DIA, EDdA, OHK, RM, NHP, LSH, and PTG: Writing—review & editing. DIA, EDdA, OHK, RM, and PTG: Validation. DIA and PTG: Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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