Adoptive T-cell therapy using autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for metastatic melanoma: current status and future outlook.

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Published in Cancer J on March 28, 2012

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Richard Wu1, Marie-Andrée Forget, Jessica Chacon, Chantale Bernatchez, Cara Haymaker, Jie Qing Chen, Patrick Hwu, Laszlo G Radvanyi

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1: Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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