Research progress in vaccine for breast cancer / 中国临床药理学与治疗学

ABSTRACT

Breast cancer was the most commonly diagnosed cancer, with an estimated 2.3 million new cases (11.7%), followed by lung (11.4%) in 2020. Breast cancer ranks first among malignant tumors in the world, seriously threatening women's health. Due to continuously enrichment of treatment methods for breast cancer, patients' prognosis have been greatly improved. The emergence of vaccines is an important treatment method to promote the development of human health. For cancer therapy, preventive vaccines have been popularized for kinds of tumor with specific incentives, such as cervical cancer caused by HPV infection. At present, the causative factors of breast cancer are still unclear, and it is still difficult to develop preventive vaccines against breast cancer. In recent years, a variety of therapeutic vaccines have emerged in the field of breast cancer treatment. When patient completed comprehensive treatment, vaccine is used to stimulate body immune system to recognize tumor cell-specific antigens, thereby reducing the recurrence rate as much as possible. Most of these vaccines are currently aimed at more malignant triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-positive breast cancer. This article will focus on the research progress of several therappeutic vaccines.