Efficacy of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma vaccine demonstrated in dogs
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
An experimental vaccine is the first veterinary cancer vaccine of its kind that shows an increase in survival time for dogs with spontaneous non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The work shows for the first time the feasibility and therapeutic efficacy of this alternative cell-based vaccine, which could be employed in the treatment of a number of different cancer types.