X-ray of female chest with cancer (Photo: Colourbox)
A new vaccine technique can fight a certain type of breast cancer in mice. HER2-positive breast cancer accounts for between 20 and 30% of all cases of breast cancer in humans. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bologna now show that the same type of cancer can be fought in mice with help of their new vaccine.
In cases of breast cancer, the immune system has difficulties distinguishing between cancer cells and healthy cells. Therefore, it normally does not launch a protective immune response that can prevent cancer cells from growing and spreading...
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