Unlike preventive vaccines, therapeutic cancer vaccines treat disease that is already there. (cancerresearch.org)
«With the celebrated landmark approval of the first therapeutic cancer vaccine now here after decades of anticipation,» Old commented, «CRI and the field look forward to the oncoming wave of new immunotherapies that are making their way steadily toward the oncologist's arsenal of weapons against cancer.» (cancerresearch.org)
Celis» lab has shown how poly - IC, which behaves like the genetic material of viruses to also get the attention of the immune system, can improve the effectiveness of therapeutic cancer vaccines. (jagwire.augusta.edu)