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ninja_natalia t1_ivzjmu6 wrote

Cancer vaccines are already undergoing trials with people with cancer! I work with some of them! It's amazing!!!

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pittguy578 t1_ix6ie4o wrote

Any indications it can possibly work on prostate cancers ? I don’t have it but have it on both sides of my family

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ninja_natalia t1_ixein40 wrote

The ones whose patients I've worked with is specifically for a rare form of liver cancer, so no, but that's only because the PI for the study works where I do. I wouldn't be surprised if there are studies for prostate cancer vaccines in the works, I just haven't encountered any.

Edit: probably goes without saying but just in case-- prostate cancer is very screenable, meaning it's quite easy to catch it before its a problem with the tools we have available. If you have a known family history you can probably get them done more frequently for extra precaution too.

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