Cancer Treatment Centers of
America develops
patient-specific vaccine
therapyMedical experts say
more than 15-thousand women
will die this year from
ovarian cancer. But there is
hope for those stricken with
the disease in the form of a
promising new vaccine.The
breakthrough treatment,
created by Cancer Treatment
Centers of
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Cancer Treatment Centers of
America develops
patient-specific vaccine
therapyMedical experts say
more than 15-thousand women
will die this year from
ovarian cancer. But there is
hope for those stricken with
the disease in the form of a
promising new vaccine.The
breakthrough treatment,
created by Cancer Treatment
Centers of America and AVAX
Therapeutics, Inc., uses the
patient's own tumor tissues to
create a patient-specific
vaccine. Combined with local
chemotherapy, the treatment
avoids stressing the patient's
immune system and, therefore,
helps to increase the
vaccine's effectiveness.
Ovarian cancer is a complex
disease -- it's difficult to
diagnose and often resistant
to chemotherapy. The treatment
will be available to women
whose cancer has recurred
after chemotherapy. Cancer
Treatment Centers of America
expects to begin treating
patients this summer. please
courtesy Cancer Treatment
Centers of America

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