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TroVax is a cancer vaccine that was developed by Oxford BioMedica. No cancer vaccines have been proven to cure cancer or extend life yet,[1] TroVax has been studied in a number of trials for colon cancer.[2]
TroVax uses a tumor-associated antigen, 5T4, with a pox virus vector. 5T4 is found in a wide range of solid cancers and its presence is correlated with poor prognosis.
- ^ National Cancer Institute, Cancer Vaccine Fact Sheet, Updated: 06/08/2006
- ^ Rowe, J; Cen, P (2014). "TroVax in colorectal cancer". Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 10 (11): 3196–200. doi:10.4161/21645515.2014.973323. PMC 4514084. PMID 25483641.