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New insight into immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma

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This work was supported by the High-Level Public Health Specialized Talents Project of Beijing Municipal Health Commission (2022-2-018), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81974303), the “Climbing the peak (Dengfeng)” Talent Training Program of Beijing Hospitals Authority (DFL20191701), and Beijing Key Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Research (BZ0089).

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Wang, H., Zhu, Z., Zhang, Y. et al. New insight into immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma. Sci. China Life Sci. 66, 875–878 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-022-2197-7

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