cancer vaccine
Malignancy prevention shot
A cancer vaccine is a treatment that stimulates the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells.
Unlike preventive vaccines that guard against infection, most cancer vaccines are therapeutic—given after diagnosis to help fight existing tumors: The trial tested a personalized cancer vaccine tailored to each patient's tumor.
Some vaccines do prevent cancer by targeting viruses that cause it, like HPV vaccines preventing cervical cancer.
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Ionizing beams treating malignancies
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Uncontrolled cell proliferation disease
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