Cancer Treatment and Health Care

A new vaccine being tested gives new hope for treatment of skin cancer. The drug, called “OncoVEX” attacks cancer cells, leaving healthy cells intact, and stimulates the body’s response to melanoma, so patients can fully recover, even those with the disease, advanced.

Dr. Howard Kaufman of the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago said that the vaccine will bring relief to thousands of people with skin cancer every year. The drug not only affects cells that are injected, but also in other parts of the body can not be reached, inducing an immune response by the flow of blood.

The BioVex, manufacturer is currently recruiting more than 400 patients for the final stages of testing, which will be made in the USA and the UK.

A previous study involved 50 patients with advanced melanoma, which had been given six to nine months. The results revealed that 16% had recovered completely and was good for more than four years, while 28% had a reduction in tumor size by half.

Unlike most other treatments for cancer, the vaccine allows the patient to go home or return to work immediately.
The drug is injected every two weeks until the healing and for a maximum of 24 injections.

The company hopes to enter the vaccine market in the next 5 years

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