Breast Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Clinical Trial (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Breast Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Clinical Trial

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A breast cancer vaccine designed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is safe in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Preliminary evidence from the small clinical trial, led by William Gillanders, MD, also suggests the vaccine helped slow the cancer's progression.

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Robert Boston

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