Cancer vaccines: moving toward prevention?
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چکیده
After several decades of research, recent successful phase III controlled clinical trials have renewed enthusiasm for vaccine treatment of cancer. This perspective on the report by Berta and colleagues in this issue of the journal (beginning on page 994) discusses the potential prevention of oral cancer through vaccine strategies and, in the broader context, ideal characteristics of tumor antigens as candidates for vaccines for both treating and preventing cancer, potential primary and secondary prevention settings for vaccines, desirable types of immune effectors induced by vaccines, and safety.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cancer prevention research
دوره 4 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011