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Immunotherapy - Cancer

Bidirectional crosstalk between the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and immunotherapy: A bibliometric study

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Article: 2328403 | Received 19 Dec 2023, Accepted 06 Mar 2024, Published online: 19 Mar 2024

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