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Editorial
. 2018 Nov 12;18(1):1086.
doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-5020-3.

The 2018 Nobel Prize in medicine goes to cancer immunotherapy (editorial for BMC cancer)

Zong Sheng Guo  1   2
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Editorial

The 2018 Nobel Prize in medicine goes to cancer immunotherapy (editorial for BMC cancer)

Zong Sheng Guo. BMC Cancer. .
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