Cancer vaccine helped keep melanoma under control for years in small study

Source: LIve Science, January 2021

A personalized “cancer vaccine" may help keep a deadly form of skin cancer from growing for years, a small new study in humans suggests.

Unlike vaccines that prevent infections, such as measles and influenza, cancer vaccines are a form of immunotherapy that take down cancer cells that already exist.

The vaccines train immune cells, called T cells, to better recognize cancer and target it for destruction, while sparing healthy cells in the body.

READ THE ORIGINAL FULL ARTICLE