Iodine-125 radioactive particles antagonize hyperprogressive disease following immunotherapy: A case report

Ning Yang1, Pin-Liang Zhang2, Zeng-Jun Liu2

  • 1Tumor Research and Therapy Center, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University.

Medicine
|October 31, 2020
PubMed
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