New cancer vaccine

May 3, 2010

THE FDA has approved a worldfirst “cancer vaccine”, Provenge, for the treatment of prostate cancer. Provenge does not actually prevent prostate cancer, but rather it may prolong the life expectancy of sufferers. Treatment involves a series of three Provenge injections, which are custom made using the patient’s own cells to train the immune system to recognise and kill malignant cancer cells. Trials of the drug found that compared to the placebo, 32% of patients treated with Provenge were alive after three years.

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