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HER2/neu Vaccine Tested in Metastatic Breast Cancer
HER2/neu Vaccine Tested in Metastatic Breast Cancer
HP Chee
20090914
2009 Oct 14
Elsevier Global Medical News
HER2/neu Vaccine Tested in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Oct 14, HP Chee
SINGAPORE (EGMN) - A virosome-based multipeptide vaccine targeting HER2/neu was found to be safe and well tolerated in a phase I breast cancer study that was presented at the World Vaccine Congress Asia. Dr. Ursula Wiedermann and her group from the Medical University of Vienna tested the vaccine in 10 patients with metastatic breast cancer. She reported that the vaccine was effective in inducing immune reactions against HER2/neu in the majority of them.Although early, the results suggest that active...