> A Phase II trial from 2008 showed lung cancer patients who received the vaccine lived an average of four to six months longer than those who didn’t.
> CimaVax EGF does not prevent or cure lung cancer. It is a therapeutic vaccine which stimulates the patient's body to make an antibody against the epidermal growth factor (EGF), which is a key driver causing lung cancer cells to grow.
Thanks for sharing, I had never heard of this, but to call it a "$1 cure for lung cancer" is a bit misleading.
Realize that "lung cancer" is simply an umbrella term for many diseases which can be quite different from each other. So which one does this supposedly cure?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/19/cuba.cancer.vaccine/ind...
> A Phase II trial from 2008 showed lung cancer patients who received the vaccine lived an average of four to six months longer than those who didn’t.
> CimaVax EGF does not prevent or cure lung cancer. It is a therapeutic vaccine which stimulates the patient's body to make an antibody against the epidermal growth factor (EGF), which is a key driver causing lung cancer cells to grow.
Thanks for sharing, I had never heard of this, but to call it a "$1 cure for lung cancer" is a bit misleading.