vaccine

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Vaccines: The next frontier of lung cancer treatment and prevention

Dr. Keith Knutson discusses lung cancer vaccine research at Mayo Clinic and how physicians might use vaccines for other types of cancer.

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Harnessing the immune system to fight ovarian cancer

Researchers at Mayo Clinic are studying a vaccine-immunotherapy combination to stop ovarian cancer from progressing.

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Have you been vaccinated for flu?

If you have cancer, are being treated for cancer, or are a cancer survivor, you are at increased risk for flu complications. Have you been vaccinated?

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Vaccine study for HER2-positive breast cancer moves forward

Treating breast cancer has long involved addressing two problems: the elimination of cancer cells from the tumor and potential disease recurrence. The key may be[...]