Cancer “vaccine” injected directly into tumors works in mice

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/immunotherapy-tumor-vaccine

Full article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5997264/

Immunotherapy is treatment that uses the immune system to fight cancer. Still in its infancy, it is a promising therapy that is changing how certain cancers are treated. A new study reports that tumors in lab mice were eliminated when they were injected with two immune system-enhancing agents. This new approach is called in situ (at the original site) vaccination because the injections are given directly into the tumors. It worked on several different types of mouse tumors, including lymphomas and breast tumors. This approach may be safer than conventional immunotherapy because it uses very low doses of the agents and it does not require tumors to have particular markers. (02/23/18)

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