The vaccines were derived from the patients' own dendritic cells loaded with proteins isolated from their tumors.

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Eltrapuldencel-T vaccine, derived from the patient’s own dendritic cells loaded with tumor proteins improved survival of patients with malignant melanoma.
One patient had no disease progression for more than 4.5 years, while the other patient survived and remained disease-free for more than 12 years. The article "Long-term Progression-free and Overall Survival in Two Melanoma Patients Treated with Patient-Specific Therapeutic Vaccine Eltrapuldencel-T After Resection of a Solitary Liver Metastasis," provides a detailed discussion of the composition and use of the vaccine and its effectiveness in these patients.
"These exciting results illustrate the potential for melanoma patient-specific therapeutic vaccines to enhance long-term survival and add to the progress being made on the immmunotherapy of melanom," says Co-Editor-in-Chief Donald J. Buchsbaum, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Source-Eurekalert
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