Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer

Oncology Research and Treatment

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 335-345

  Marmé, Frederik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer vaccines; Immune checkpoint inhibitors; Immunotherapy; Neoantigens; Tumor associated antigens; Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CANCER VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER VACCINES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84973497243     PISSN: 22965270     EISSN: 22965262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000446340     Document Type: Review

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