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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Unsustained response to brentuximab as single agent therapy in a patient with CD30 positive angiosarcoma

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Pages 251-253 | Received 09 Feb 2015, Accepted 21 Feb 2015, Published online: 27 Apr 2015

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