AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Immune response to telomerase tumor antigen studied as possible vaccine.
2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania have begun a Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a telomerase peptide as a possible vaccine against breast cancer.
The study will measure potential tumor-cell shrinkage in patients after an immune response has been triggered to an antigen - the telomerase peptide - found in more than 90% of breast cancer tumors.
The study is made possible through a unique $500,000 grant from the "Avon-NCI Progress for Patients" Awards program, a special private-public partnership between the Avon Foundation, Inc. and the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) dedicated to accelerating early phase clinical research into promising therapies.
"This is the first clinical study to use a telomerase peptide as a possible vaccine against breast cancer," said lead researcher Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, an assistant professor at the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. "Our hope is that the immune response will kill the cancer and improve the health of patients."
Twenty-eight patients with metastatic breast cancer will be enrolled in the study, which is expected to last 2 years. Patients will be injected ...
- Reports summarize breast cancer research from University of Adelaide.(Report)
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly September 22, 2009 700+ words
...the journal Cancer Research report (see also Breast Cancer). "A...Prognostic in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research, 2009;69...Adelaide, Breast Cancer, Breast Carcinoma...Breast Tumors, Cancer Research, Drugs...
- Breast Cancer Research Stamp Funding the Fight to Find a Cure for a Decade;...
- News wire article from: AScribe Health News Service July 29, 2008 700+ words
...against breast cancer. The Breast Cancer Research Stamp is the first postage...that historic day, the Breast Cancer Research Stamp has raised more money...over $63.17 million for breast cancer research to date. The stamp currently...
- New breast cancer research reported from J.W. Smith and co-authors.
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly December 1, 2009 700+ words
...published their study in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (Results...metastatic breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2009;118...information for the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment is: Springer...
- New breast cancer research reported from University Medical Center.
- Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly February 12, 2009 700+ words
...published their study in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (Predictive...CD166) in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2008;112...information for the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment is: Springer...
- Reports outline breast cancer research from S.R. Walker and colleagues.
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly August 25, 2009 700+ words
...study in Molecular Cancer Research (Reciprocal Effects...STAT5 and STAT3 in Breast Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research, 2009;7(6...States, Boston, Breast Cancer, Breast Carcinoma, Breast Tumors, Cancer Research, Oncology, Women...
- New breast cancer research from University of Texas outlined.
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly July 14, 2009 700+ words
...published their study in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (Cyclin E...development of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2009;115...information for the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment is: Springer...
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation Supports OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center's...
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service October 7, 2002 700+ words
...a second award from The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to continue...I am grateful to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation for its support...developing breast cancer. The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, founded by...
- Data on breast cancer published by investigators at University of Hawaii,...
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly June 16, 2009 700+ words
...in a study published in Breast Cancer Research. According to recent research...published their study in Breast Cancer Research (Association between breast...the Multiethnic Cohort. Breast Cancer Research, 2009;11(1):R10...
Source: HighBeam Research, Immune response to telomerase tumor antigen studied as possible...