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Manuel de la Torre-Aláez (MdTA) received grants from Bayer. Bruno Sangro (BS) has received consulting fees from Adaptimmune, AstraZeneca, Bayer Bristol-Myers Squibb, BTG, H3 Biomedicine, Ipsen, Lilly, Roche, and Sirtex Medical; speakers' fees from Bayer Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ipsen, Lilly, and Sirtex Medical; and research funding from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sirtex Medical.
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de la Torre-Aláez, M., Sangro, B. Lymphocytes, Neutrophils and the Response to Selective Internal Radiation Therapy: More Questions than Answers Yet. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 43, 1182–1183 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-020-02556-9
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