Question:
I have been diagnosed with ocular melanoma. I am considering a
melanoma vaccine...a program being developed by Dr. Donald Morton at
John Wayne Cancer Inst. in California. Does anyone have any
information on this vaccine?
Answer:
There is some info in the article "Vaccine Therapy for Malignant Melanoma"
by Donald L. Morton, MD and Andreas Barth, MD on the web page
http://www.ca-journal.org/frames/articles/articles_1996/46_225-245.html
A couple of other vaccine links:
"The Promise of Vaccines"
http://www.sciam.com/0996issue/0996old.html#5
"Categories of Cancer Vaccines"
http://www.sciam.com/0996issue/0996oldtable.html
"Tumor Biology for the Clinician: Melanoma Peptide Vaccines"
by Craig L. Slingluff, Jr, MD
Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/pubs/ccj/v2n5/tumor.html
For ocular melanoma Dr. Tallberg's web page http://www.tallberg.fi/med/ is also worth checking out.
