Personalized vaccine helps patients fight ovarian cancer
by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times
Apr 12, 2018
2 minutes
In early research that extends the possibilities of immunotherapy to a disease feared by women, a personalized vaccine helped patients with ovarian cancer mount a stronger defense against their tumors and substantially improved their survival rate.
The vaccine was tested in a preliminary clinical trial and used with standard chemotherapy and an immune-boosting agent.
The experimental therapy, described in the journal
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