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Breast Cancer Vaccine Blasts Some Tumors


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"This [vaccine] is a little unique," she said. "It may help restore drug sensitivity to tumor cells." Of the research, she said: "It's valuable research, potentially groundbreaking."

"It's a very useful observation," added Dr. Bill Chambers, scientific program director for the American Cancer Society.

Much more research is needed to determine if the findings will bear out and apply to humans, Liu said.

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Last updated 9/15/2008

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SOURCES: Wei-Zen Wei, Ph.D., professor, immunology and microbiology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit; Minetta Liu, M.D., assistant professor, medicine, and director, translational breast cancer research, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; Bill Chambers, Ph.D., scientific program director, American Cancer Society, Atlanta; Sept. 15, 2008, Cancer Research


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