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Cetuximab-dependent ADCC in cancer: dream or reality?

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  1. Enteroproctological Unit, National Cancer Institute, “G. Pascale” Foundation, Via M. Semmola, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Alessandro Ottaiano & Vincenzo Rosario Iaffaioli

  2. Oncological Immunology Unit, National Cancer Institute, “G. Pascale” Foundation, Naples, Italy

    Stefania Scala

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Please note that we are simultaneously publishing a letter by Ottaiano et al., which is a response to the paper by López-Albaitero et al., published in 2009 (Cancer Immunol Immunother 58:1853–1862), and a response by Ferris and Ferrone to the Ottaiano letter.

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Ottaiano, A., Scala, S. & Iaffaioli, V.R. Cetuximab-dependent ADCC in cancer: dream or reality?. Cancer Immunol Immunother 59, 1607–1608 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-010-0884-3

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