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Cancer Vaccines
Scientists at University of Berlin release new data on cancer vaccines
December 30th, 2008
" Metastatic disease is a major cause of mortality in colorectal cancer patients. Even after complete resection of isolated liver metastases, recurrence develops in the majority of patients," researchers in Berlin, Germany report. "Therefore, development of strategies to prevent recurrent liver metastases is of major clinical importance. The present prospectively randomised phase III trial investigates the efficiency of active specific immunotherapy (ASI) after liver resection for hepatic metastases of colorectal cancer. Patients with histologically confirmed liver metastases from colorectal cancer were randomised to the vaccination or control group. After complete...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-12-30)
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