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Review Article

Prospects for adoptive immunotherapy of pancreatic cancer using chimeric antigen receptor-engineered T-cells

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Pages 50-60 | Received 08 Jun 2015, Accepted 15 Sep 2015, Published online: 16 Oct 2015

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