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Cancer Vaccines
Recent findings in cancer vaccines described by R. Yanez and colleagues
June 24th, 2008
According to a study from Madrid, Spain, "A specific immune response against the individual idiotypic determinants of clonal immunoglobulins can be elicited in patients with B-cell malignancies." "We analyze the clinical outcome and the presence of tumor cells in the blood of 8 patients with follicular lymphoma, vaccinated with autologous idiotype protein from their lymphoma cells. After a median follow-up of 90 months (range: 54 to 128), all patients, except 1, remain in complete clinical remission and 5 are in complete molecular remission," wrote R. Yanez and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "Our results suggest that idiotype vaccination...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-06-24)
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