Cancer vaccine helped keep melanoma under control for years in small study
Cancer vaccine helped keep melanoma under control for years in small study Nicoletta Lanese © Provided by Live Science T cells attacking cancer cell A personalized "cancer vaccine" may help keep a deadly form of skin cancer from growing for years, a small new study in humans suggests. Unlike vaccines that prevent infections, such as measles and influenza, cancer vaccines are a form of immunotherapy that take down cancer cells that already exist. The vaccines train immune cells, called T cells, to better recognize cancer and target it for destruction, while sparing healthy c...