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Guest Editorial
By John H. Stewart and Robert A. Winn
Advances in the field of tumor immunotherapy have given great hope for those treating cancer. We are in an era of unprecedented achievements, as evidenced by impressive clinical responses in patients treated with adoptive cell therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors.
By Claire Dietz and Matthew Bin Han Ong
In Brief
Clinical Roundup


Drugs & Targets


NCI Trials


NCI Trials for May
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.
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