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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Mar 23

2 min read

Inactivated Influenza Vaccines Reported Safe for Cancer Patients on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

Flu vaccination did not exacerbate immune events in patients treated with ICIs

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Mar 21

3 min read

Immunotherapy Improves Prognosis for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Patients

Dendritic cell-based immunotherapy uses the patient’s own immune system to combat cancer and offers long-lasting antitumor immunity

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Mar 21

3 min read

Alabama’s HPV-Related Cancer Rate Unusually Varies By County

Gardasil 9 vaccine protects against 9 of more than 150 HPV strains

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Fact checked by Kelley Lu, PharmD

Mar 13

7 min read

A Plant-Based HPV Vaccine?

Arizona State University researchers believe plants are a good model for expressing recombinant proteins

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Mar 13

3 min read

Vaccine Candidate for HER2 Breast Cancer Shows Promise at Duke

VRP-HER2 vaccine increased HER2-specific memory CD8 T cells and had anti-tumor effects in preclinical and clinical studies

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Mar 8

3 min read

1st Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer Treatment Approved

FDA Grants Genentech’s Tecentriq in Combination With Abraxane Accelerated Approval for People With PD-L1-Positive, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

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