A Review On Cancer Vaccines

Authors

  • VINODH JAGANTI Department of Pharmacology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati, India.
  • SUKIRTI DAS Department of Pharmacy, Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, India.
  • T.SAI SAMPATH Department of Pharmacology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati, India.

Keywords:

Cancer vaccines, Antigen vaccines, Adjuvants, Dendritic cells & DNA vaccines.

Abstract

Discovery of a potential anticancer therapy is still a challenge to the scientists. Though many different kinds of therapies are developed none of them has lived up to the task to cure cancer completely. Cancer vaccines are found to be the latest discovery in the field of cancer. Although till date only one cancer vaccine is approved by FDA, there are number of vaccines undergoing preclinical & clinical trials which are promising to be an effective anticancer therapy. This article reviews some of the basic aspects of different types of cancer vaccines along with their drawbacks & future development.

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Published

30.09.2011

How to Cite

VINODH JAGANTI, SUKIRTI DAS, & T.SAI SAMPATH. (2011). A Review On Cancer Vaccines. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 2(3), 86–97. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/879

Issue

Volume 2, Issue 3, 2011

Section

Research Articles

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