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       pancreatic cancer vaccine looks promising in clinical trials
   DIR By: kkt
       Date: April 20, 2026, 3:33 pm
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       Investigational Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Lasting Results
       in Early Trial, Supporting Continued Testing
       By Jim Stallard Sunday, April 19, 2026
  HTML https://www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrna-vaccines-fight-pancreatic-cancer-msk-clinical-researchers-are-trying-find-out
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       > An experimental, individualized therapeutic cancer vaccine
       that uses messenger RNA (mRNA) to treat pancreatic cancer
       continues to show potential in a small patient group. Follow-up
       results from a phase 1 clinical trial show that nearly 90% of
       people whose immune systems responded to the vaccine were still
       alive up to six years after receiving the last treatment. The
       five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is around 13%,
       according to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Statistics
       2026 report.
       > “These early results show this new immunotherapy approach has
       the potential to make a difference for one of the deadliest
       cancers,” says Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)
       physician-scientist Vinod Balachandran, MD, the trial’s
       principal investigator and Director of the Olayan Center for
       Cancer Vaccines at MSK (OCCV). “The latest data from this small
       study suggest vaccines can meaningfully stimulate the immune
       system in some patients with pancreatic cancer — and these
       patients continue to do well years after vaccination.”
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       story continues, no paywall.
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       Re: pancreatic cancer vaccine looks promising in clinical trials
   DIR By: MidwestmikkiJ
       Date: April 20, 2026, 7:24 pm
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       That was really interesting and generally informative.
       A good friend of mine made it 5 years while an uncle only 6
       months. It’s a terrible disease.
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       Re: pancreatic cancer vaccine looks promising in clinical trials
   DIR By: kkt
       Date: April 20, 2026, 10:57 pm
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       My mom had it.  She was kind of philosophical.  Sure, she would
       have liked to have another couple of decades - she was only 70
       when diagnosed.  Mostly she wanted to see the Kid grow up and be
       on hand for the kid's adolescence.  But she considered it to
       have some plusses too.  The was plenty of time to say goodbye to
       everyone she wanted to, make sure her will was in order, and the
       infusions were scheduled in advance so family members from far
       away could schedule their visits with a reasonable certainty
       that they'd get some quality time with her.  And it isn't the
       sort of disease that makes the patient miserably sick all of the
       time but linger on for year after year.  Her oncologist said
       she'd get a year, maybe two, and sure enough 18 months was it.
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