Royal College of Radiologists Annual Undergraduate Essay Prize. Melanoma: the new smallpox? Can vaccines be used to treat melanoma?
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.
Forbes
Gareth
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Oxford University Medical School, UK. garethforbes@hotmail.com
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
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D019444:Vaccines, DNA