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Leukemia Vaccine Appears To Mop Up Cancer Cells Gleevec Leaves Behind

Submitted by MedicalReplies on Thursday, 7 January 2010No Comment

Preliminary investigations by US researchers suggest that a vaccine made with leukemia cells appears able to reduce or wipe out the last few cancer cells that are left behind in some patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who are taking the drug Gleevec (Imatinib mesylate). However, the researchers said the results are tentative and there could be other reasons for this apparent success…

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Leukemia Vaccine Appears To Mop Up Cancer Cells Gleevec Leaves Behind

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