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The Happy Pod: Personalised cancer vaccine shows promise in major trial
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A new personalised skin cancer vaccine has been found to reduce the risk of patients dying or their cancer returning by 42%. As part of a global two-year clinical trial, more than 1,000 patients who had already had their tumours removed were given a widely used immunotherapy drug. Around two-thirds were then given the experimental vaccine, which was developed using cells from their own tumours. Researchers say the results could mark a turning point in cancer treatment. Also: How a man achieved his goal of becoming a world-famous singer without even knowing it. The neighbours who rallied together to...
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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. This is the happy part from the BBC World Service. I'm Helena Burke and in this edition, the new cancer vaccine showing major promise after an extensive trial on melanoma patients.
That number is phenomenal. We did not expect it to be that high. We knew it would be important and significant, but this is phenomenal. The singer who became a global celebrity three decades after giving up on his dreams.
I said, can I see your computer or your laptop? He brought it. As soon as I type in my name, you can believe. How come my pictures are all over the world
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