by Mayo Clinic News Network Dear Mayo Clinic: I have brown spots over the top half of my body, which my doctor says are seborrheic keratoses and are harmless. What causes them, and is there a way to prevent more from appearing? A: Seborrheic keratoses are a common skin issue, particularly in older adults. Although...
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92% of HPV-caused cancers could be prevented by vaccine: health authority
An estimated 92% of cancers caused by HPV could be prevented through vaccination, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday, adding that boosting immunization coverage was a key priority. Human papillomavirus was responsible for an estimated yearly average of 34,800 cancer cases between 2012 and 2016, according to a new study...
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Major breakthrough in quest for cancer vaccine
The idea of a cancer vaccine is something researchers have been working on for over 50 years, but until recently they were never able to prove exactly how such a vaccine would work. Credit: CC0 Public Domain Now, a team of researchers at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) at Université de...
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Researchers testing new brain cancer vaccine
Rush University Medical Center is part of a new clinical trial testing whether an experimental vaccine can help patients’ immune systems stop the spread of glioblastoma—an aggressive form of brain cancer with very few current treatment options. Glioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Led by neuro-oncologist Clement Pillainayagam, MD, the phase II clinical trial...
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Clinical Trials of a New “Cancer Vaccine” Show That It May Actually Work
IN BRIEF A new personalized cancer vaccine has been designed to target 20 mutated proteins unique to each patient’s tumors. The vaccine seems to have prevented early relapse in 12 patients with skin cancer, keeping them cancer free for more than 2 years. A THERAPY FOR EACH PATIENT Cancer comes in many different forms, and it...
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Clinical trials of a new cancer vaccine
A brand new personalized cancer vaccine has been designed to target 20 mutated proteins unique to each patient’s tumors. The vaccine seems to have prevented early relapses in 12 patients with skin cancer, making them cancer free for more than 2 years A therapy for each patient: There are many different forms of Cancer and...
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Nanodiscs target tumors in potential cancer vaccine
Nanodiscs may be used in a vaccine against some types of cancer, with a new study finding the technology effective in killing and preventing recurrence of tumors(Credit:lightsource/Depositphotos) Colon and melanoma cancers could soon be treated with a simple vaccine, if research from the University of Michigan lives up to its early promise. Using synthetic nanodiscs, scientists...
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One Big Question: How close are we to a cancer vaccine?
Earlier this year we reported on new research that focused on training the body’s own immune cells to fight cancer through a process known as adoptive immunotherapy. The process involves removing immune-system white blood cells known as T-cells, genetically modifying them to recognize certain proteins involved with cancer cells, then injecting them back in their body where they...
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