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SUBMITTER: Economopoulou P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5548974 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Economopoulou Panagiota P Kotsantis Ioannis I Psyrri Amanda A
ESMO open 20160101 6
The immune system plays a fundamental role in preventing cancer development by recognising and eliminating tumour cells. The recent success in the field of immunotherapy has confirmed the potential to exploit the immune response as a cancer treatment. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a malignancy characterized by dismal prognosis and high mortality rate; low survival outcomes in combination with significant toxicity of current treatment strategies highlight the necessity for nove ...[more]