Thursday, September 24, 2020

Prolongation of survival in metastatic melanoma after active specific immunotherapy with a new polyvalent melanoma vaccine - PubMed

Traditionally, melanoma was a death sentence (let alone metastatic melanoma). Here, having complete regression in some patients is incredible. 

"Induction of cell-mediated and humoral immune responses to common melanoma-associated antigens present on autologous melanoma cells was observed in patients ...Of 40 patients with evaluable disease, nine (23%) had regressions (three complete)."

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