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An update on vaccine therapy and other immunotherapeutic approaches for glioblastoma

David A Reardon Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana–Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA. [email protected]; Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana–Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA. [email protected]
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Kai W Wucherpfennig Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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Gordon Freeman Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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Catherine J Wu Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA
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E Antonio Chiocca Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Patrick Y Wen Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana–Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana–Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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William T Curry Jr Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Duane A Mitchell Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Peter E Fecci Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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John H Sampson Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Glenn Dranoff Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Vaccine Center, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Vaccine Center, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Pages 597-615 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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