Pancreatic Cancer
Favorable 2-year survival data from phase II clinical trial of GVAX vaccine for pancreatic cancer
Published in Drug Week, December 16th, 2005
The 1-year survival was 88% and the 2-year survival was 76%, with a mean follow-up of approximately 24 months. These results compare favorably with historical data from multiple studies in patients undergoing pancreatic cancer surgery and adjuvant therapy for whom the 2-year survival has been reported to be in the range of 40-50%, as recently published in the July 2005 issue of the...
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