Tumor-associated antigen specific CD8+ T cells in hepatocellular carcinoma - a promising target for immunotherapy

Nathalie Schmidt1, Tobias Flecken2, Robert Thimme1

  • 1Department of Medicine II; University Hospital Freiburg ; Freiburg, Germany.

Oncoimmunology
|May 6, 2015
PubMed

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