El informe Avances clínicos en oncología del año 2018 de la American Society of Clinical Oncology ha adjudicado su título de Avance del año a una inmunoterapia celular adoptiva. ¿De qué se trata este tratamiento innovador contra el cáncer? ¿Cuáles son los riesgos y los beneficios?
The 2018 Clinical Cancer Advances report of the American Society of Clinical Oncology has crowned an adoptive cell immunotherapy as its Advance of the Year. What is this innovative cancer treatment? What are the risks and benefits?
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The word “survivorship” means different things to different people, but it often describes living with, through, and beyond cancer. In some ways, survivorship is one of the most complicated parts of the cancer experience because it is different for every child and their family.
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Dr. Nita L. Seibel is an adjunct professor of pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and Public Health and practices at Children’s National Medical Center.
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