title: Royal College of Radiologists Annual Undergraduate Essay Prize. Melanoma: the new smallpox? Can vaccines be used to treat melanoma?
abstract: This essay assesses the effectiveness of vaccine therapy for melanoma. Risks and benefits of various vaccine strategies are explored, as are the processes by which such therapies are assessed. An overview of cancer immunobiology underlying vaccine therapy is given.
authors.affiliation: Oxford University Medical School, UK. garethforbes@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Gareth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Forbes
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D019496:Cancer Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D017211:Treatment Failure; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D019444:Vaccines, DNA