Pembrolizumab and palliative radiotherapy in 2 cases of refractory mycosis fungoides.

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Division of Hematology/Oncology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.

Published: January 2021

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