Enhanced Radiation Sensitivity of Human Papillomavirus-Driven Head and Neck Cancer: Focus on Immunological Aspects

Mine Özcan-Wahlbrink1,2, Christoph Schifflers1,2,3, Angelika B Riemer1,2

  • 1Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.

Frontiers in Immunology
|December 19, 2019
PubMed

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