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. 2016 Mar 20;34(9):987-1011.
doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.65.8427. Epub 2016 Feb 4.

Clinical Cancer Advances 2016: Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer From the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Don S Dizon  1 , Lada Krilov  2 , Ezra Cohen  1 , Tara Gangadhar  1 , Patricia A Ganz  1 , Thomas A Hensing  1 , Stephen Hunger  1 , Smitha S Krishnamurthi  1 , Andrew B Lassman  1 , Merry Jennifer Markham  1 , Erica Mayer  1 , Michael Neuss  1 , Sumanta Kumar Pal  1 , Lisa C Richardson  1 , Richard Schilsky  1 , Gary K Schwartz  1 , David R Spriggs  1 , Miguel Angel Villalona-Calero  1 , Gina Villani  1 , Gregory Masters  1
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Clinical Cancer Advances 2016: Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer From the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Don S Dizon et al. J Clin Oncol. .
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Sustained robust federal funding critical to cancer progress.
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors: releasing the brakes on the immune system. Immune checkpoints function like brakes on the immune system, controlling the strength and duration of immune responses. MHC, major histocompatibility complex; PD-L1, programmed death-ligand 1; TCR, T-cell receptor.
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