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Original paper

Host’s immune response to primary tumours and concomitant brain metastases in the central nervous system

Alexandra Papadaki
1, 2
,
George Zarkavelis
1, 2
,
Melina Yerolatsite
,
Nanteznta Torounidou
1
,
Anna-Lea Amylidi
1
,
Antonia V Charchanti
3
,
Davide Mauri
1
,
Anna Batistatou
4
,
Anna Gousia
4

  1. Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
  2. Society for Study of Clonal Heterogeneity of Neoplasia (EMEKEN), Ioannina, Greece
  3. Department of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
  4. Department of Pathology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2026; 30 (1): 23–32
Online publish date: 2026/03/10
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