Explained: What are cancer vaccines? Can they cure the disease?

The UK’s National Health Service has announced that thousands of cancer patients in England will get expedited access to trials of personalised cancer vaccines, following the introduction of a groundbreaking trial ‘matchmaking’ service designed to discover new life-saving treatments. Cancer vaccines, a type of immunotherapy, differ from preventive vaccines like the COVID-19 jab, as they are intended to treat individuals already diagnosed with the disease


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