Peptide Vaccine Therapy in Colorectal Cancer
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Peptide Vaccine Therapy in Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths and the second most prevalent (after breast cancer) in the western world. High metastatic relapse rates and severe side effects associated with the adjuvant treatment have urged oncologists and clinicians to find a novel, less toxic therapeutic strategy. Considering the limited success of the past clinical trials involvin...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Vaccines
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2076-393X
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines1010001