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Prostate cancer vaccines in clinical trials

David M Lubaroff Departments of Urology and Microbiology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, 375 Newton Road, 3210 MERF, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. [email protected]
Pages 857-868 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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