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introduction to cancer vaccines
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It doesn't have to be made on-demand for a specific person. It can be off-the-shelf precision medicine. Say there are 20 different antigens targeted. A company can produce those vaccines for 20 types, then the doctor can order the correct one(s) based on the tumor's genetic profile. This is how precision medicine is expected to be done. In some ways, it's already done in various areas, like blood types.

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