St. Petersburg explained why the oncology vaccine does not guarantee a cure for cancer

The cancer vaccine can give a positive result, but does not guarantee a complete cure and prevent recurrence. Metastases can appear again, and there will be a relapse, this edition 360.ru told oncologist, Candidate of Medical Sciences Evgeny Cheremushkin.

The first results of the Russian oncology vaccine showed their results. But the expert explains that there is no hope. As cancer cells divide and change their properties. Immunotherapy teaches the immune system to recognize the tumor and destroy cancer cells. Changes in the tumor complicate this process.

“It is good that new metastases do not appear, but they may return. Therefore, we need time to understand that the immune system is working hard and the disease has not returned. Usually in the standard it is three to five years. But five years in oncology is such a landmark of the main one, the expert explained.

He stressed that it is too early to judge a new method of treatment on the condition of one patient. Even the same people were involved in unsuccessful studies. You cannot rely on just one person.