Current status of immunotherapy for the treatment of lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-244

  Murala, Sanjay ^a   Alli, Vamsi ^a   Kreisel, Daniel ^a   Gelman, Andrew E ^a   Krupnick, Alexander S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunotherapy; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855341896     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2010.11.6     Document Type: Review

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