Three terminally ill patients who took an experimental cancer vaccine were put into remission within months

The vaccine teaches patients' T cells to recognize their cancerous tumors around the body and attack them 

One patient was told that she would likely die within the next three years — before the vaccine saved her life

After a 20-plus-year battle with cancer and 12 brutal rounds of surgery and treatment, Stephanie Gangi was ready to give up.

When doctors found a new tumor the size of a grapefruit on her adrenal gland last summer, neither her mind nor body could take another course of chemotherapy. 

To the shock of her two daughters and healthcare providers, the novelist, 66, declined further medical treatment. 'I decided to see what happens; just take my chances,' she told DailyMail.com.