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Duke Health / Duke Cancer Institute

Duke Health / Duke Cancer Institute

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Therapeutic cancer vaccines emerge from decades of development

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Conducting ongoing Phase 2 cancer vaccine trials

Metastatic breast cancer typically kills most patients within five years. A small group of women vaccinated in a Duke University clinical trial two decades ago have defied that prognosis entirelyโ€”all remain alive today. Researchers discovered these survivors still carry specialized immune cells capable of recognizing their cancer, pointing to a mechanism that could make therapeutic cancer vaccines work reliably.

Updated Jan 31