Alpha fetoprotein is more than a hepatocellular cancer biomarker: from spontaneous immune response in cancer patients to the development of an AFP-based cancer vaccine.

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Published in Curr Mol Med on October 01, 2011

Authors

R Bei1, G J Mizejewski

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy. bei@med.uniroma2.it

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