Cancer immunotherapy: the beginning of the end of cancer?

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Published in BMC Med on May 05, 2016

Authors

Sofia Farkona1,2, Eleftherios P Diamandis1,2,3, Ivan M Blasutig4,5,6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
3: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
4: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. ivan.blasutig@uhn.on.ca.
5: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. ivan.blasutig@uhn.on.ca.
6: Clinical Biochemistry, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabet St. Rm 3EB-365, Toronto, ON, M5G2C4, Canada. ivan.blasutig@uhn.on.ca.

Associated clinical trials:

Ipilimumab With or Without Talimogene Laherparepvec in Unresected Melanoma | NCT01740297

Immune Checkpoints in Colorectal Cancer | NCT04051450

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