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The work of the Research Program is concentrated on new immunological methods of tumor diagnostics as well as on immunological concepts for tumor therapy and the investigation of the biological mechanisms underlying processes of cellular interaction and metastatic spreading.
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Peter, M.E., Krammer, P.H., Dröge, W. (1998). Tumor Immunology. In: Current Cancer Research 1998. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95995-0_10
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