Cuba's Had a Lung Cancer Vaccine for Years, and Now It's Coming to the U.S

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/14/cuba-lung-cancer-vaccine_n_7267518.html

by dak1 • 11 years ago

1 3 11 years ago

x0ra• 11 years ago

It's not a fully-proven vaccine, it's still being researched on. And it has side effects...

dalke• 11 years ago

The article says "And studies have found there are no significant side effects". With a link to http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/26/9/1452.full .

Most common adverse events consisted of chills, headache, fever, asthenia, injection-site pain, nausea, and vomiting. This safety profile is in agreement with those previously reported.8-11 However, one patient who achieved a very high anti-EGF antibody response together with a significant decrease in EGF concentration in sera developed a skin rash. After vaccination, this patient achieved a complete tumor remission, still sustained 44 months after random assignment.

eip• 11 years ago

Run From The Cure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0psJhQHk_GI

Cuba's Had a Lung Cancer Vaccine for Years, and Now It's Coming to the U.S

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