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The ultimate in cancer chemoprevention: cancer vaccines
1Tumor Vaccine Group, Center for Translational Medicine in Women's Health, 815 Mercer Street, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-8050, USA. ndisis@u.washington.edu
Abstract:
This perspective on Beatty et al. (beginning on page 438 in this issue of the journal) discusses the role of the immune system as nature's ultimate chemoprevention agent. A successful immune response to vaccination results in immunologic memory. In the case of a successful cancer-related response, antigen-specific T cells will be poised to destroy an aberrantly expressed protein even if the host is not exposed until years after the end of immunizations. After the abnormal cell is eradicated, T cells will lie in wait for the next exposure. The ability to develop effective cancer vaccines for prevention is fast becoming a reality as immunogenic aberrant proteins that drive malignant transformation are identified.
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