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Adoptive Cellular Therapy for the Treatment of Cancer

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Yee, C. (2007). Adoptive Cellular Therapy for the Treatment of Cancer. In: Kaufman, H.L., Wolchok, J.D. (eds) General Principles of Tumor Immunotherapy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6087-8_15

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