Breast Cancer Vaccines

Dr. G. Thomas Budd, an oncologist and Dr. Justin Johnson, an immunologist, are collaborating on research looking at a vaccine to prevent triple-negative breast cancer. Their very early studies in mouse models were successful and now they’ve started two small, early studies in people. Listen to the episode to hear Dr. Budd and Dr. Johnson explain: how a cancer vaccine would work in general how their vaccine works side effects the vaccine may cause how long they think it will take before a vaccine is available for approval