Thanks Carol for this important information, I had thought the vacine was for
breast cancer only; but this is great. Your friend, Lillian
C. Stephens wrote:
> Dear Billie,
> There is a vaccine in phase III trials right now called BEC2. It
> has tested favorably in phase II trials. However, it will not
> be available until 2002, as far as I know. It is being
> tested only on limited stage small cell cancer at this point.
> The trial is a randomized one where 5 shots of the vaccine are
> administered to the experimental group following standard therapy.
> However, the participants must have a complete response from the
> standard
> therapy (chemo and concurrent radiation) in order to qualifiy for
> the vaccine.
>
> Do you or someone you know have small cell lung cancer?
>
> Sincerely,
> Carol
>
> OldCorral@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Is there a vaccine for small cell lung cancer?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Billie S.
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