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Cancer Vaccines
Scientists at University of Wisconsin report research in cancer vaccines
March 25th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal BMC Cancer, "Inflammation has been linked to the etiology of many organ-specific cancers. Indirect evidence suggests a possible role for inflammation in breast cancer." "We investigated whether the systemic inflammation induced by Freund's adjuvant ( FA) promotes mammary carcinogenesis in a rat model in which cancer is induced by the neu oncogene. The effects of FA on hyperplastic mammary lesions and mammary carcinomas were determined in a neu-induced rat model. The inflammatory response to FA treatment was gauged by measuring acute phase serum haptoglobin. In addition, changes in cell proliferation and...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-03-25)
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