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Re:Cuba's Had a Lung Cancer Vaccine for Years, and Now It's ... by eip on Thursday May 14, 2015 @06:30PM (#9547954)
Re:Cuba's Had a Lung Cancer Vaccine for Years, and Now It's ... by x0ra on Thursday May 14, 2015 @04:23PM (#9547360)
It's not a fully-proven vaccine, it's still being researched on. And it has side effects...
Re:Cuba's Had a Lung Cancer Vaccine for Years, and Now It's ... by dalke on Thursday May 14, 2015 @05:17PM (#9547628)
The article says "And studies have found there are no significant side effects". With a link to http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/26/9/1452.full .

> Most common adverse events consisted of chills, headache, fever, asthenia, injection-site pain, nausea, and vomiting. This safety profile is in agreement with those previously reported.8-11 However, one patient who achieved a very high anti-EGF antibody response together with a significant decrease in EGF concentration in sera developed a skin rash. After vaccination, this patient achieved a complete tumor remission, still sustained 44 months after random assignment.