Vaccines Associated with Cancer
The vaccines that can treat existing cancers are called treatment vaccines. Some vaccines prevent healthy people from getting cancers caused by viruses as well. The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two types of vaccines that can prevent cancer and they are the Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that helps to prevent cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anal cancer, and genital warts and the Hepatitis B vaccine that protects against the hepatitis B virus. HPV can cause oral cancer and the Hepatitis B virus can cause liver cancer. Cancer vaccines are sometimes personalized as every human has a different immune response and a person’s tumor can be quite different from others. Anorexia, back pain, fever, joint ache, nausea, and headache are some of the common side effects of approved cancer vaccines but they are not limited to these.
Related associations and societies: National Medical Association (NMA), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF),Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI), Clinical Immunology Society, Hepatitis B Foundation (HBF), Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society(PIDS), Indian Vaccine Manufacturers Association (IVMA).