Cancer vaccines: progress reveals new complexities
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Cancer vaccines: progress reveals new complexities.
A decade ago, it seemed clear that our burgeoning knowledge of the molecular identities of tumor-associated antigens and a deeper understanding of basic immunology would point the way to an effective therapeutic cancer vaccine. Significant progress has been made and objective regressions after immune-based treatments are observed in some patients — even in those with bulky, metastatic disease. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Investigation
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0021-9738
DOI: 10.1172/jci0216216