Immune checkpoint inhibitors: An innovation in immunotherapy for the treatment and management of patients with cancer

Cancer survival rates are generally increasing in the United States. These trends have been partially attributed to improvement in therapeutic strategies. Cancer immunotherapy is an example of one of the newer strategies used to fight cancer, which primes or activates the immune system to produce an...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Dine, RuthAnn Gordon, Yelena Shames, Mary Kate Kasler, Margaret Barton-Burke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.apjon.org/article.asp?issn=2347-5625;year=2017;volume=4;issue=2;spage=127;epage=135;aulast=Dine