New research suggests the HPV vaccine is preventing cancer in men, as well as in women, but fewer boys than girls are getting the shots in the United States.
Various viral factors have also been postulated to be directly involved. Possible approaches to preventing HCV-related HCC include the development of a prophylactic vaccine to prevent the development of persistent infection following virus exposure, as well as therapeutic vaccines to either slow the ...
After several decades, therapeutic cancer vaccines now show signs of efficacy and potential to help patients resistant to other standard-of-care immunotherapies, but they have yet to realize their full potential and expand the oncologic armamentarium. Here, we classify cancer vaccines by what is know...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Humanpapilloma virus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted virus that can cause genital cancers and cancer of the throat, the base of the tongue, and tonsils. HPV vaccination is a safe and effective way to prevent more than 90% of cancers caused by HPV, includ...
A. et al. Clinical trial results of the HER-2/neu (E75) vaccine to prevent breast cancer recurrence in high-risk patients: from US Military Cancer Institute Clinical Trials Group Study I-01 and I-02. Cancer 118, 2594–2602 (2012). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar US National Library...
Others are developing vaccines to prevent cancer in people with precancerous lung nodules and other inherited conditions that raise cancer risk. "Vaccines are probably the next big thing" in the quest to reduce cancer deaths, said Dr. Steve Lipkin, a medical geneticist at New York's Weill Cor...
Vaccines that protect against HPV infection if administered prior to initiation of sexual activity theoretically would prevent women from developing cervical ... A Kols 被引量: 36发表: 2000年 Vaccines against cervical cancer. Cervical cancer and precancerous lesions of the genital tract are a major...
Cancer vaccines rely on the ability of the immune system to differentiate between self-antigens, normally expressed on the surface of healthy cells, and those abnormally expressed on cancer cells [20,21]. The main advantages of CVs are minimal toxicity, the generation of highly specific adaptive...
Cancer vaccines: training the immune system to fight cancer. Vaccines traditionally have been used to prevent infectious diseases such as measles and the... M Meadows - 《Fda Consumer》 被引量: 2发表: 2004年 Cancer Vaccines: Training the Immune System to Fight Cancer. (cover story) Focuses ...
From early excitement to total disillusionment and now gaining momentum again, cancer vaccination has been a real roller-coaster ride. Are the current expectations justified or will there be further disappointment? In this perspective article, I will discuss why the rationale of cancer vaccination does...