Recent Advances in Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers

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Abstract

Immunotherapies (ICI) are used alone, in combination with chemotherapy (CT) or targeted therapy in many cancers. All current developments will be reviewed in gastrointetsinal tract tumor treatment.

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ICI

gastrointestinal tract tumor traetment

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