{"id":7338,"date":"2017-07-06T11:05:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7338"},"modified":"2017-07-06T11:05:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:05:34","slug":"personalized-cancer-vaccines-vanquish-melanoma-in-small-but-encouraging-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7338","title":{"rendered":"Personalized cancer vaccines vanquish melanoma in small but encouraging study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Sharon Begley for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">A <\/span>small pilot study raises hopes that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/01\/12\/personalized-cancer-vaccines\/\">personalized cancer vaccines<\/a>\u00a0might prove safer and more effective than immune-based therapies already in use or further along in development. In a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nature.com\/articles\/doi:10.1038\/nature22991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paper<\/a>\u00a0published 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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/07\/05\/cancer-vaccine-melanoma\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--eDDareSFL4VuX4Sg7jlBMBd1i6m0pEORC3KAeBUf4eq8hVK5kdQ74ABoWZYbns4mBlqcUCTvk2UJyhgorRJBYOA-V5g&amp;_hsmi=53936878\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Sharon Begley for STAT) A small pilot study raises hopes that\u00a0personalized cancer vaccines\u00a0might prove safer and more effective than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-medical-technology","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7339,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7338\/revisions\/7339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}