Cancer Vaccine Shows Hope. Make the Investment: Lisa Jarvis

March 4, 2025, 12:30 PM UTC

A study published last month in Nature underscores the potential for a new personalized pancreatic cancer vaccine to keep the disease from coming back. The trial was tiny, just 16 patients, but it’s eliciting a sentiment not normally associated with this brutal disease: hope.

Pancreatic cancer is notorious for the swiftness with which is kills. So, when researchers offer data suggesting a personalized vaccine might be able to keep the cancer at bay for years, it’s worth paying attention to — even when the results are in just a handful of people.

It also should be a call to action. ...

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