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Antitumor Vaccines: Of Mice and Men?

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Skinner, K.A. Antitumor Vaccines: Of Mice and Men?. Ann Surg Oncol 12, 511–512 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2005.03.804

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