Cancer Vaccine Impact Limited Unless Drug Industry Focuses On Difficult-To-Treat Tumors
Posted Nov 21 2011 8:47pm
Drug companies currently developing therapeutic cancer vaccines may be determining the cancers they target based on the number of annual cases, not the number of deaths they cause.
This approach may limit the patient benefits of such drugs, according to a new University of Michigan report.
Therapeutic vaccines, an alternative form of cancer treatment that may be more effective than traditional cancer therapies, are currently being tested in clinical trials around the world.
Drug companies currently developing therapeutic cancer vaccines may be determining the cancers they target based on the number of annual cases, not the number of deaths they cause.
This approach may limit the patient benefits of such drugs, according to a new University of Michigan report.
Therapeutic vaccines, an alternative form of cancer treatment that may be more effective than traditional cancer therapies, are currently being tested in clinical trials around the world.