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7 - Immune responses to tumours: current concepts and applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2010

Nigel Kirkham  and
Neil A. Shepherd
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Elizabeth J. Soilleux
Nigel Kirkham
Affiliation:
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
Neil A. Shepherd
Affiliation:
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
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Progress in Pathology , pp. 163 - 198
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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