Cancer Vaccine: The Future of Treatment?

Scientists predict that cancer treatment vaccines, which boost the immune system to find and kill cancer cells, will be widely available in the next five years. These vaccines are designed to shrink tumors and stop cancer from coming back, and some use mRNA technology developed for COVID-19 vaccines. Researchers are testing vaccines for breast, lung, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer, among others. Personalized vaccines, customized to each patient's cancer tissue, are also being developed, but will be expensive. Patient volunteers are crucial to the research.