INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY IN CANCER THERAPY

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This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of cytokine-induced killer (CIK)/dendritic cell combined with CIK (DC–CIK) cell therapy in advanced gastrointestinal cancer (GIC).

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