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 treatment. Author Nora Disis, MD, JAMA Deputy Editor and Editor in Chief of JAMA Oncology, discusses cancer vaccines and more with JAMA Deputy Editor Mary McDermott, MD.

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