Cancer vaccines are already a reality—but your doctor might not tell you about them unless you ask

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Cancer vaccines—it’s a concept seemingly torn from the plot of a futuristic sci-fi movie, or from the pages of some decades-old utopian novel far ahead of its time.

But such wonders of science exist today. And while much work lies ahead, they’ve been preventing cancer and saving lives for more than four decades.