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The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for monitoring the effectiveness of HIV treatment in resource-limited settings (RLS) are mostly based on clinical and immunological markers (e.g., CD4 cell counts). Recent research indicates…
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The future of ART in head and neck cancer is just beginning. Novel technologies have pushed the boundary of what is possible in terms of techniques to identify biomarkers for adaptation as well as innovative devices specialized to respond…
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