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Cancer Vaccines Immunotherapy
Research on cancer vaccines immunotherapy detailed by scientists at National Institutes of Health
September 23rd, 2008
Data detailed in 'Synergizing radiation therapy and immunotherapy for curing incurable cancers. Opportunities and challenges' have been presented. "The combination of radiation therapy and immunotherapy holds particular promise as a strategy for cancer therapeutics. Evidence suggests that immunotherapy is most beneficial alone when employed early in the disease process or in combination with standard therapies (eg, radiation) later in the disease process," scientists in the United States report. "Indeed, radiation may act synergistically with immunotherapy to enhance immune responses, inhibit immunosuppression, and/or alter the phenotype of tumor cells, thus rendering...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-23)
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