Study shows cancer vaccines led to long-term survival for patients with metastatic melanoma

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 15:36 in Health & Medicine

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian today announced promising data from a clinical study showing patient-specific cancer vaccines derived from patients' own cancer cells and immune cells were well tolerated and resulted in impressive long-term survival rates in patients with metastatic melanoma whose disease had been minimized by other therapies.

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