Breast Cancer Misclassification: A Major Obstacle to Treatment?
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Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer Treatment
Breast cancer, as a heterogeneous disease, includes a wide range of pathological and clinical behaviors. Current treatment protocols, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and hormone replacement therapy, are mainly associated with poor response and high rate of recurrence. Therefore, more efforts are needed to develop alternative therapies for this type of cancer. Immunotherapy, as a novel str...
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عنوان ژورنال: Women's Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1745-5065,1745-5065
DOI: 10.2217/whe.11.69