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Psychological safety in T-cell-redirecting immunotherapy

Anna Fleischer1*
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1 Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Received: 15 June 2026 | Revised: 3 July 2026 | Accepted: 7 July 2026 | Published online: 13 July 2026
© 2026 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Funding
Anna Fleischer was supported by the Clinician Scientist College TWINSIGHT at the Medical Faculty of the University of Würzburg, which is funded by the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation.
Conflict of interest
The author received honoraria from GSK, BMS, and Janssen outside the submitted work.
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