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A cancer vaccine?

Today, Explained

The Breakthrough, Immunotherapy, and the Race to Cure Cancer

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  • Pancreatic cancer is soon to become the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States by 2025, second only to lung cancer.
  • The current treatments for pancreatic cancer, which include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, are largely ineffective.
  • Dr. Vinod Balaschandra runs a laboratory at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where they're trying to find new ways to use the immune system to fight pancreatic cancer.

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