Cancer Vaccine

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Background information on Cancer Vaccine

Cancer vaccines are intended either to treat existing cancers (therapeutic vaccines) or to prevent the development of cancer (prophylactic vaccines).

Therapeutic vaccines, which are administered to cancer patients, are designed to treat cancer by stimulating the immune system to recognize and attack human cancer cells without harming normal cells. Prophylactic vaccines are given to healthy individuals to stimulate the immune system to attack cancer-causing viruses and prevent viral infection.

At this time, two vaccines have been licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent virus infections that can lead to cancer: the hepatitis B vaccine, which prevents infection with the hepatitis B virus, an infectious agent associated with liver cancer; and GardasilTM, which prevents infection with the two types of human papillomavirus that together cause 70 percent of cervical cancer cases worldwide.

Scientists are currently evaluating several different vaccines in large human trials to determine which approaches are most effective for particular kinds of cancers.

source: cancer.gov (http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/cancervaccine)

News: Cancer Vaccine

CSL earnings rise on cancer vaccine  -  20 Feb 2008
BusinessWeek31 rose 36 percent, due in part to sales of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil. The Melbourne-based company's first-half net profit rose to 349 million

Antigenics cancer vaccine study shows mixed results  -  20 Feb 2008
ReutersO: Quote, Profile, Research) said a late-stage trial of its cancer vaccine, Oncophage, in the treatment of metastatic melanoma, a serious form of skin

New Vaccine Destroys Melanoma and Ovarian Cancer Tumors  -  20 Feb 2008
Associated Content,Dr. F. Stephen Hodi, from the Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Vaccine Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Department of Medicine,

Antigenics Says Cancer Vaccine Oncophage Improves Median Survival ...  -  20 Feb 2008
RTT News,2/20/2008 12:53:57 PM Antigenics Inc. (AGEN) said Wednesday that the results from a late-stage trial of its Oncophage or vitespen cancer vaccine,

NYU doctors working on brain cancer vaccine  -  20 Feb 2008
NYU Washington Square News,Doctors at the NYU Medical Center are moving into the second trial phase in which they will test the treatments on patients after deeming the vaccine safe

Vietnamese Women Face High Rates of Cervical Cancer  -  20 Feb 2008
New California Media,In June of 2006, the first cancer vaccine ever was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, licensed for females between the ages of 9 and 26.

CSL Profit Jumps 36% on Vaccine Sales; Shares Surge (Update4)  -  20 Feb 2008
Bloomberg20 (Bloomberg) -- CSL Ltd., which licenses the world's first cervical cancer vaccine, reported first-half profit that beat analyst estimates on sales and

Major Biotech Movers (AGEN, CEGE, ENCY, IDMI, IMCL, ONXX, PFE ...  -  20 Feb 2008
24/7 Wall St.,Antigenics Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN) A study for Cancer vaccine, Oncophage, for the treatment of metastatic melanoma showed mixed results this morning.

Tas women urged not to neglect cervical health  -  20 Feb 2008
ABC Online,Tasmanian women are being urged to take advantage of a free cervical cancer vaccine and have regular pap smears, as figures show a decline in the state's

Vaccine Antibody Shows Promise for Ovarian Cancer and Melanoma  -  Feb 19, 2008
MedHeadlines,The study to be published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, involved a cancer vaccine made from patients’ own tumor cells.

Clueless on STDs, Throat Cancer, and Oral Sex  -  Feb 19, 2008
U.S. News & World Report,Before anyone thinks, however, that a cancer vaccine will deliver a free pass on risky behavior, just imagine for a moment what a rip roaring case of

Prostate Cancer Vaccine may Improve Survival  -  Feb 18, 2008
Online - International News Network,ISLAMABAD: A prostate cancer vaccine extends the lives of patients, even after all other treatments have failed. In what doctors are calling a potentially

Prostate cancer vaccine shows promise in trial  -  Feb 15, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,The success of any company's cancer vaccine tends to help its rivals, because it boosts confidence in the entire technological approach.

Cell Genesys Shares Continue Climb  -  Feb 19, 2008
Forbes,The Food and Drug Administration has yet to approve a cancer vaccine. Pantginis said the company seems to have accomplished a key goal of simulating the

Cervical cancer vaccine hope for women  -  Feb 17, 2008
Melbourne Herald Sun,WOMEN aged over 26 would benefit significantly from the same cervical cancer vaccine being provided to women and girls under 26, experts say.

Ovarian cancer vaccine: Is there such a thing?  -  Feb 16, 2008
MayoClinic.comA friend said she heard that scientists were working on an ovarian cancer vaccine. Mayo Clinic breast-health specialist Sandhya Pruthi, MD, and colleagues

Protein find brings pancreatic cancer vaccine closer to reality  -  Feb 15, 2008
Thaindian.com,Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have discovered that mesothelin, a protein that promotes pancreatic cancer,

Cell Genesys Stock Advances As Study Shows GVAX Prostate Cancer ...  -  Feb 15, 2008
CanadianBusiness.com,NEW YORK (AP) - Cell Genesys Inc. shares jumped Friday after the biotechnology company reported clinical test results showing that prostate cancer patients

Cancer vaccine to be given free  -  Feb 8, 2008
Hindu,HYDERABAD: A new vaccine that protects against the infection caused by human papilloma virus (HPV), stated to be chiefly responsible for cervical cancer,

Resisting Lung Cancer Recurrence: Vaccine Booster Gives Persistent ...  -  Feb 5, 2008
Science Daily (press release)..."Vaccines against infectious diseases induce immunological responses that typically last for years, and ideally we want a cancer vaccine that does the same

Sanofi dismisses GSK cancer vaccine as inferior  -  Feb 6, 2008
Financial Times,By Andrew Jack GlaxoSmithKline's rival has criticised as inferior its new cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix in an attempt to shore up an early lead in its

Denmark's Pharmexa forced to look at 'strategic alternatives'  -  Feb 19, 2008
Pharma Times (subscription),Externally-funded agreements, including a breast cancer vaccine plus a HIV programme (with Bavarian Nordic) and an Alzheimer’s disease project with fellow

Prostate cancer vaccine '5 years away'  -  Feb 5, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,A world-first therapeutic vaccine for prostate cancer could be available in five years' time, an Australian researcher says. One in nine Australian men are

Country for Cancer Vaccine Trial  -  Feb 4, 2008
AllAfrica.com,UGANDA is among a few developing countries lined to benefit from the first cervical cancer vaccine trial project. The project to be implemented by the

Access to Cancer Vaccine a Class Issue?  -  Feb 14, 2008
HULIQ,Swedish Radio News reports that family wealth seems to determine which girls receive a vaccine that reduces the risk of some forms of cancer.

Experimental Vaccine Halts Prostate Cancer in Mice  -  Feb 1, 2008
Washington Post,1 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental prostate cancer vaccine has stopped the progress of the disease in 90 percent of the mice who got it,

Health Department to recommend that cervical cancer vaccine not be ...  -  Feb 1, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),Even though it stopped short of mandating the vaccination, "we strongly encourage young women to get the vaccine," said Kristen Ehresmann of the Health

Gardasil a winner for CSL profit  -  Feb 19, 2008
Daily Telegraph,The cervical cancer vaccine is now approved in 93 countries, having been launched in 76. The global roll out of the vaccine is being driven by CSL's

Cancer Vaccine  -  Feb 13, 2008
Guernsey Press and Star,...by Gemma Hockey From September, all Year 8 girls in Guernsey aged 12 and 13 will be given a course of three injections over six months to guard against the

Govt in talks with cervical cancer vaccine makers  -  Jan 30, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,The Government is currently in talks with two drug manufacturers about supplying a cervical cancer vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) drug cervarix,

Feuerstein's Biotech-Stock Mailbag  -  Feb 16, 2008
TheStreet.comSeveral readers asked about Dendreon's announcement Thursday of a new data analysis that correlates the potency of the prostate cancer vaccine Provenge to

NZ approves new cervical cancer vaccine  -  Jan 28, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Cervarix uses the same Australian-developed technology as Gardasil, and joined Gardasil on the Australian market last year as the second vaccine available

Cervical cancer vaccine cost-effective: EU agency  -  Jan 22, 2008
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The vaccine against the sexually transmitted virus that causes the most cases of cervical cancer is cost-effective and should be given to

Two Women Die After Receiving Cervical Cancer Vaccine  -  Jan 25, 2008
FOXNewsThe death of two young women who received the cervical cancer vaccination is causing some in the UK to question a strategy that calls for hundreds of

Tattoos Might Be the Best Way to Deliver a Cancer Vaccine  -  Feb 12, 2008
GizmodoIf you've ever considered getting a tattoo, it's probably for aesthetic purposes. That's all well and good, but in the near future getting a tattoo might be

Cervical cancer vaccine monitored  -  Jan 24, 2008
The Press AssociationEuropean regulators will continue to monitor the safety of a cervical cancer jab after two girls died suddenly, it has been announced.

Dendreon Soars On Survival Data  -  Feb 14, 2008
Forbes,Dendreon's roller-coaster ride over the prostate cancer vaccine candidate Provenge continued Thursday, with the biotechnology company releasing a study

Oral flu vaccine may hold promise  -  Feb 5, 2008
Chicago Tribune,Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a prostate cancer vaccine that prevented cancer in 90 percent of young mice genetically

Cancer vaccine to get House vote  -  Feb 8, 2008
Louisville Courier-Journal,He also pointed out that GlaxoSmithKline's cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix, is expected to be approved soon and will present another option to protect

House panel backs cervical cancer vaccine bill  -  Feb 7, 2008
Louisville Courier-Journal,By Laura Ungar A media hoax has fooled parents in Texas and other areas of the country that the HPV vaccine, which experts have slammed as untested and has

Fighting cervical cancer: FOCUS: CANCER VACCINE  -  Feb 9, 2008
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),Feb. 9--When 14-year-old Lauren Wachowiak's father, a nurse, suggested that his daughter get the vaccine for cervical cancer, her mother turned to the Web.

Brain cancer vaccine clinical trial begins  -  Feb 7, 2008
United Press International7 (UPI) -- Two US doctors are seeking candidates for their phase II clinical trial of a personalized brain cancer vaccine. Dr. Patrick Kelly and Dr. Michael

Clinical Trial Of Brain Cancer Vaccine Begins At New York ...  -  Feb 5, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...of Neurology and Neurosurgery are seeking candidates to participate in Phase II clinical trials of a new cutting-edge personalized brain cancer vaccine.

Researchers Develop Prostate Cancer Vaccine, More Accurate ...  -  Feb 4, 2008
AHN...at the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, led the USC researchers in developing the prostate cancer vaccine, which still needs testing on humans.

More trial data backs Merck's cervical cancer shot  -  Feb 7, 2008
Reuters..."The results ... include by far the longest follow-up for any cervical cancer vaccine in large Phase III studies and strongly substantiate the evidence that

Cancer vaccine groups join up to speed breakthroughs  -  Jan 31, 2008
Pharma Times (subscription),The Cancer Vaccine Consortium and the Cancer Vaccine Collaborative will unite under the umbrella of the non-profit Cancer Research Institute in a bid to

Cancer Vaccine Consortium and Cancer Vaccine Collaborative unite ...  -  Jan 28, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),New York, New York — The Cancer Research Institute (CRI) announced today that it has brought together the Cancer Vaccine Consortium, a program of the Sabin

MN health agency recommends not requiring cervical cancer vaccine ...  -  Feb 1, 2008
KXMC,PAUL (AP) The Minnesota Department of Health has decided not to recommend requiring a cervical cancer vaccine as part of school immunization requirements.

Vaccine prevents prostate cancer in mice  -  Feb 1, 2008
United Press International1 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a prostate cancer vaccine for mice that prevented cancer in 90 of lab animals

Medsafe approves new cervical cancer vaccine  -  Jan 28, 2008
TV3 News,The Government angered doctors last May when it announced it would not be funding gardasil, another cervical cancer vaccine, in the budget.

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