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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2018
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Herbert K. Lyerly, Durham, NC (US);
Takuya Osada, Durham, NC (US);
Zachary C. Hartman, Durham, NC (US);
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods of reducing the likelihood of a cancer or precancer developing resistance to a cancer therapeutic or prevention agent are provided herein. The methods include administering the cancer therapeutic or prevention agent and a vaccine comprising a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide whose expression or activation is correlated with development of resistance of the cancer or precancer to the cancer therapeutic or prevention agent to a subject. The vaccine may include a polynucleotide encoding an ESR1 polypeptide or a truncation, deletion or substitution mutant thereof. Methods of using the vaccine including the polynucleotide encoding the ESR1 polypeptide to treat a cancer or precancer are also provided.