In the future is it a possibility that you could be vaccinated against, eg: Cancer or would something like so have to

Question: In the future is it a possibility that you could be vaccinated against, eg: Cancer or would something like so have to be tackled with medication?
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  cancer,
  immune system,
  medicine
Asked by to Daryl on 25 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
- Daryl Jones answered on 25 Jun 2014:
  
  hey maddplows
  
  I love your questions! Actually sometimes of cancer can already be vaccinated against- let me give you an example
  
  the human papilloma virus can make cells turn cancerous, so if we get vaccinated against HPV (the HPV vaccine), then we cna reduce our risks of getting certain types of cancer! 🙂

Amy commented on 25 Jun 2014:

Hey Maddyplows

I actually used a cancer vaccine in an experiment recently. It’s called Sipuleucel-T and helps to boost a patients immune system to fight against prostate cancer cells in the body. It’s actually produced from the patients own cells which is really cool. There’s more information about it here:

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-treating-vaccine-treatment

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Question: In the future is it a possibility that you could be vaccinated against, eg: Cancer or would something like so have to be tackled with medication?