Anal cancer and immunotherapy-are we there yet?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Lifespan Cancer Institute, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.

Editorial

Jessica J Bian et al. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019.

. 2019 Aug 19:4:57.

doi: 10.21037/tgh.2019.08.02. eCollection 2019.

¹ Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Lifespan Cancer Institute, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Dr. K Almhanna has a consulting agreement with Merck. JJ Bian has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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