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Lani · 04-13-2007, 10:20 PM

I heard Dr. Peoples present his results at two conferences, the most recent in San Antonio in December. His results are very immature (early on, when many patients may not have been expected to have recurred anyway) and on quite a small number of patients.

I know a while back he was trying to get permission to start a trial where the patients were allowed to have both Herceptin and the vaccine, but hadn't heard if he ever was able to.

Best articles/talks I have read/heard on breast cancer vaccines were by Keith Knutson (I think that is how his name is spelled) of the Mayo Clinic

All I can tell you is that from my reading
Immunology is another area where what is understood is miniscule in relation to what is not. I would not even dare to venture any type of opinion in the area. I am certainly not qualified to and the only thing I am certain of is that I don't have enough knowledge to.

If you are in California, I know of one oncologist who is also an immunologist, who has won awards/prizes on immunological aspects of cancer, Ellie Guardino of Stanford. Perhaps she or Dr. Knutson would be good people to ask (or Mary Disis of Seattle whom Lolly writes about)

Do any of you know these oncologists well enough to ask their opinion?

04-13-2007, 10:20 PM	#9
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,778	this is actually the Walter Reed/Joyce Murtha Cancer center vaccine I heard Dr. Peoples present his results at two conferences, the most recent in San Antonio in December. His results are very immature (early on, when many patients may not have been expected to have recurred anyway) and on quite a small number of patients. I know a while back he was trying to get permission to start a trial where the patients were allowed to have both Herceptin and the vaccine, but hadn't heard if he ever was able to. Best articles/talks I have read/heard on breast cancer vaccines were by Keith Knutson (I think that is how his name is spelled) of the Mayo Clinic All I can tell you is that from my reading Immunology is another area where what is understood is miniscule in relation to what is not. I would not even dare to venture any type of opinion in the area. I am certainly not qualified to and the only thing I am certain of is that I don't have enough knowledge to. If you are in California, I know of one oncologist who is also an immunologist, who has won awards/prizes on immunological aspects of cancer, Ellie Guardino of Stanford. Perhaps she or Dr. Knutson would be good people to ask (or Mary Disis of Seattle whom Lolly writes about) Do any of you know these oncologists well enough to ask their opinion?