Systemic anthrax lethal toxin therapy produces regressions of subcutaneous human melanoma tumors in athymic nude mice.

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Published in Clin Cancer Res on December 15, 2006

Authors

Ralph J Abi-Habib1, Ravibhushan Singh, Stephen H Leppla, John J Greene, Yan Ding, Bree Berghuis, Nicholas S Duesbery, Arthur E Frankel

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1: Cancer Research Institute, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, Texas 76502, USA.

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