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Cancer Vaccines
New cancer vaccines study findings recently were published by researchers at University of California
June 23rd, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Whereas chemotherapy is the standard of care for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and is associated with a survival benefit, there remains a need for alternative approaches. Extensive work has been done evaluating multiple immunotherapies for the treatment of prostate cancer." "This review discusses clinical results for the most promising developments. These include cytokine-based therapy with GM-CSF; vaccines; antibody-based immunotherapies, including anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen 4 therapy and antibodies against additional targets; and dendritic cell-based immunotherapy," wrote A.L....
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-23)
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