The vaccine uses the same technology that developed the COVID-19 vaccination and the hope is that if it’s successful, it can go on to help develop other things.
AUSTIN, Texas —
A melanoma vaccine clinical trial is in its third phase and looking for participants in the Austin area.
The potential new vaccine is for people who have had high-risk stage two, stage three or stage four melanoma that has already been removed by surgery.
The Austin research leader and medical oncologist said melanoma has a high risk of coming back.
This new treatment uses a person’s removed cancer cells to create a tailored vaccine just for them to help prevent it from returning.
“Our dream, our hope is that that you can get more and more technologies like this, that can be personalized to the patient so that it’s, you know, hopefully, that limited side effects and toxicity and does an even …
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