Complete Resolution of a Large, Locally-advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma with the Immune-modulating PD-1

Cagney Cristancho1, Ivy Riano1, Daniel Guareras-Paredes1

  • 1Internal Medicine, Metrowest Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Framingham, USA.

Cureus
|June 17, 2020
PubMed

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