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Cancer Vaccines
Researchers at Hacettepe University, Department of Pediatric Hematology release new data on cancer vaccines
April 10th, 2007
Scientists discuss in "Unexpected protection from infection by two booster hepatitis B virus vaccination in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia" new findings in cancer. "The protective power of two booster dose vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has not been previously studied in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who remained unresponsive to immunization. The aim of this study was to determine the HBV infection rate in vaccinated and unvaccinated patients with or without seroconversion and to compare these groups in respect to HBV infection rate," investigators in Ankara, Turkey report. "The study group included 111 male and 85...
Source: Virus Weekly (2007-04-10)
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