Researchers: New vaccine can stop lung cancer [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Researchers: New vaccine can stop lung cancer
11:44 AM CST on Thursday, February 19, 2004


Associated Press



DALLAS - An experimental vaccine wiped out lung cancer in some patients and slowed its spread in others in a small but promising study, researchers say.

Three patients injected with the vaccine, GVAX, had no recurrence of lung cancer for more than three years afterward, according to the study of 43 people with the most common form of the disease, non-small cell lung cancer.

The findings were published in Wednesday's Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The research was funded in part by CellGenesis, a pharmaceutical company that hopes to produce the vaccine.

The vaccine, developed by researchers at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, is years away from reaching the market, if ever. The researchers hope to apply for Food and Drug Administration approval in three years.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/healthscience/stories/021904dnnatvaccine.83ffe.html

Also:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54740-2004Feb19.html

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Apologies if this topic has been covered today. Haven't seen it during some short peeks in at D.U. this p.m. at various moments.