Active-specific immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-114

  Winter, Hauke ^a   van den Engel, Natasja K ^a   Rusan, Margareta ^a   Schupp, Nina ^a   Poehlein, Christian H ^b   Hu, Hong Ming ^c,d   Hatz, Rudolf A ^a   Urba, Walter J ^c   Jauch, Karl Walter ^a   Fox, Bernard A ^c,e   Rüttinger, Dominik ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Dendreon   (United States)

^c EARLE A CHILES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MICROMET AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunotherapy; Lung cancer; NSCLC; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255134621     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2010.12.06     Document Type: Review

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