Strengths and Weaknesses of Immunotherapy for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of 12 Randomized Controlled Trials

Juan Wang; Ze-Hong Zou; Hong-Lin Xia; Jian-Xing He; Nan-Shan Zhong; Ai-Lin Tao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032695

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Strengths and Weaknesses of Immunotherapy for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of 12 Randomized Controlled Trials

Juan Wang,

Affiliation Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy Research Branch of the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Ze-Hong Zou,

Affiliation Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy Research Branch of the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Hong-Lin Xia,

Affiliation Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy Research Branch of the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Jian-Xing He,

Affiliation Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy Research Branch of the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Nan-Shan Zhong,

Affiliation Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy Research Branch of the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Ai-Lin Tao

* E-mail: taoailin@gzhmc.edu.cn

Affiliation Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy Research Branch of the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Strengths and Weaknesses of Immunotherapy for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of 12 Randomized Controlled Trials

Juan Wang,
Ze-Hong Zou,
Hong-Lin Xia,
Jian-Xing He,
Nan-Shan Zhong,
Ai-Lin Tao

Published: March 5, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032695

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