Contribution of the immune system to the chemotherapeutic response

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-367

  McDonnell, Alison M ^a   Nowak, Anna K ^a   Lake, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer chemotherapy 2; T lymphocytes 3; Tumor immunity 1

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 85027939228     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-011-0246-z     Document Type: Review

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