Skin cancer cure possible
Dallas doctors say they may have a cure for skin cancer.
Researchers at Baylor Medical Center have a vaccine they say uses the body's own defense system to fight the cancer.
After several injections, doctors said that they saw the melanoma disappear. In clinical trials so far, about 10 to 20 percent of patients are now cancer-free.
Baylor will create its own biotech company to get the melanoma vaccine to market and hopes investors will help pay for federally approved trials.
Researchers at Baylor Medical Center have a vaccine they say uses the body's own defense system to fight the cancer.
After several injections, doctors said that they saw the melanoma disappear. In clinical trials so far, about 10 to 20 percent of patients are now cancer-free.
Baylor will create its own biotech company to get the melanoma vaccine to market and hopes investors will help pay for federally approved trials.
2 Comments:
At 7:27 PM, November 04, 2004,
Anonymous said…
I wonder why in can't work on all cancerous cells.
At 9:12 PM, November 07, 2004,
Army of Mom said…
Who knows? I'm sure there are certain facets of these types of cancers that respond to this better than other types of cancer, but it is good news overall.
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