Vaccine-like treatment could one day be used to prevent cancer, study suggests

Vaccine-like treatment could one day be used to prevent cancer, study suggests Vaccine-like treatments could one day be used to prevent people from developing cancer, new research has found.

Scientists believe that rare white blood cells in the immune system known as T-cells could be programmed to stop cancers forming for many years.

The research is part of the development of the field of cancer immunotherapies, which harness the body’s immune system to attack tumours, and are hoped to be the future of combating the disease. The Independent

See also:

• T-cell immunotherapy destroys cancer cells and prevents them from returning The Daily Mail
• T-cell therapy: 'Extraordinary' results lead to paradigm shift in cancer treatment The Independent