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Cancer Gene Therapy Vaccines
Data on cancer gene therapy vaccines reported by investigators at Mary Crowley Medical Research Center
March 25th, 2008
Fresh data on cancer gene therapy are presented in the report 'Lung cancer vaccines.' "Cytotoxic chemotherapy is associated with modest survival advantage as initial treatment of advanced lung cancer. However, toxicity and minimal benefit to use second line treatment justifies exploration of alternative approaches," researchers in the United States report. "Recent understanding of mechanisms by which tumor antigen recognition can be enhanced has justified development of a recent flurry of vaccine trials in lung cancer. Preliminary results suggest a remarkably high safety profile and significant activity with respect to improvement in time to progression and survival in...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-03-25)
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