Personalized cancer vaccines vanquish melanoma in small but encouraging study

(By Sharon Begley for STAT)

A small pilot study raises hopes that personalized cancer vaccines might prove safer and more effective than immune-based therapies already in use or further along in development. In a paper published online in Nature on Wednesday, scientists reported that all six melanoma patients who received an experimental, custom-made vaccine seemed to benefit: their tumors did not return after treatment. Continue reading article here…

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