Current status and perspective of immunotherapy in gastrointestinal cancers

Journal of Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1599-1604

  Kim, Jung Hoon ^a   Kim, Bum Jun ^a   Kim, Hyeong Su ^a   Kim, Jung Han ^a  

^a Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer vaccines; Gastrointestinal cancers; Immune checkpoint inhibitors; Immunotherapy; Review

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE; CHECKPOINT KINASE INHIBITOR;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CELL THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN;

EID: 85008452846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18379664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/jca.16208     Document Type: Article

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