Is a cancer vaccine coming soon?
Could a cancer vaccine soon be massively rolled out to prevent relapse in those affected? This would be a giant step in the treatment of this disease, which affects nearly 44,000 people in Switzerland each year.
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The two clinical trials conducted by the CTE are for pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. A third project will begin shortly for ovarian cancer.
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The Lake Geneva basin stands out as one of the key places for cancer research. Among the various areas of work: the development of personalized cancer vaccines. The Department of Oncology UNIL-CHUV (University of Lausanne-Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois), with its Lausanne branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, has just started two clinical trials under the leadership of Prof. Lana Kandalaft, Head of Department of the Center of experimental therapies (ETC) of the department in question.