Was Concurrent Antibiotic Use during Immunotherapy Associated with Higher Mortality for Patients with Advanced

Jia-Yu Hu1,2, Si-Yu Liu1,3, Chen Yuan1,2

  • 1Cancer Center, Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Diagnosis and Individualized Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China.

Liver Cancer
|March 6, 2023
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