Immunotherapy for Colorectal Cancers Using CEA-Pulsed Dendritic Cells and Subsequent IL-2 Treatment
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DISEASE(S): Colorectal Cancer,Colorectal Neoplasms
PROVIDER: 2016110 | ecrin-mdr-crc |
REPOSITORIES: ECRIN MDR
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