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A vaccine for breast, ovarian cancers? | Health Tech - CNET News

An experimental type of vaccine that aims to treat, as opposed to prevent, metastatic breast and ovarian cancer shows promise in a small clinical trial. Read this blog post by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore on Health Tech.

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Vaccine to Treat Breast, Ovarian Cancers Shows Promise - Yahoo! News

news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: TUESDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A vaccine that coaxes the body to attack tumor cells has shown promise in a small study of advanced breast and ovarian cancer patients, improving overall survival times and stopping the disease for a handful of breast cancer patients.” View full resource at news.yahoo.com