title: Vaccines: an innovative approach to treating cancer.
abstract: Recent scientific advances have expanded our understanding of the immune system and its response to malignant cells. Clinical trials are under way that attempt to translate this knowledge into effective cancer therapies. Vaccine therapy, an innovative approach to cancer treatment, attempts to activate the immune system to recognize cancer cells and eliminate them from the body. Preventive vaccines that already have been approved will have an impact on the incidence of certain cancers, and research is ongoing into treatment vaccines for various cancers.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology (LTIB), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. pazdurm@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Mary P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Pazdur
authors.forename: Jacquin L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D019496:Cancer Vaccines / Q000276:immunology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D019496:Cancer Vaccines