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http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/05/28/cuba-lung-cancer-vac...

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.



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