The novel role of tyrosine kinase inhibitor in the reversal of immune suppression and modulation of tumor microenvironment for immune-based cancer therapies.

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Published in Cancer Res on March 10, 2009

Authors

Junko Ozao-Choy1, Ge Ma, Johnny Kao, George X Wang, Marcia Meseck, Max Sung, Myron Schwartz, Celia M Divino, Ping-Ying Pan, Shu-Hsia Chen

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Gene and Cell Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Pembrolizumab With Axitinib in Recurrent Endometrial Cancer | NCT04197219

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