A Cancer ‘Vaccine,’ But What About Other Research?
Last weekend, researchers announced details of a new cancer ?vaccine? that keeps some cancers at bay for more than a year. The announcement came at an oncology conference in Florida that’s considered the world’s largest of its kind. But oncologist Len Lichtenfield, deputy chief medical officer at the American Cancer Society, says that other research that’s just as ground-breaking never sees the light of day because of legal and financial barriers.
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