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Overview Cholangitis, also called acute cholangitis or ascending cholangitis, occurs when obstructed biliary flow leads to cholestasis and infection of the biliary tree. Cholangitis is commonly caused by choledocholithiasis and a variety of pathologies that obstruct the biliary tree. The…

Vaccines and active immunization against cancer

Summary of key facts Cancer vaccines represent a promising strategy to activate immunity in cold tumors. The complexity and heterogeneity of human tumors remains a challenge to developing cancer vaccines. Sipuleucel-T is the first therapeutic vaccine approved for cancer. Cancer…