Vaccines for Cancer Treatment

JAMA Clinical Reviews by American Medical Association

Sep 21, 202620:12Health

Cancer vaccines stimulate immune cells to recognize proteins or mutations found on or within cancer cells, facilitating destruction of cancer cells. Several vaccines are approved and others are in development for cancer...

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