Immunotherapy in lung cancer

Translational Lung Cancer Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-63

  Massarelli, Erminia ^a   Papadimitrakopoulou, Vassiliki ^a   Welsh, James ^a   Tang, Chad ^a   Tsao, Anne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Checkpoint inhibitors; Immunotherapy; Lung cancer; Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); Small cell lung cancer (SCLC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937578507     PISSN: 22186751     EISSN: 22264477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-6751.2014.01.01     Document Type: Review

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