Measles virus may be effective prostate cancer treatment
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 14:14
in Health & Medicine
A new study appearing in The Prostate has found that certain measles virus vaccine strain derivatives, including a strain known as MV-CEA, may prove to be an effective treatment for patients with advanced prostate cancer. The findings show that this type of treatment, called virotherapy, can effectively infect, replicate in and kill prostate cancer cells...
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