UW Carbone Cancer Center hosts breakthrough breast cancer vaccine trial

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Clinical researchers in Madison are behind a breakthrough in breast cancer research.

UW Carbone Cancer Center is one of three institutions participating in a breast cancer vaccine clinical trial.

The trial is testing a vaccine that is designed to prevent the recurrence of triple negative breast cancer. This type of breast cancer has fewer treatment options and accounts for the 10% of breast cancers common in minorities and women under 40.

Participants in the trial must have recovered from triple-negative breast cancer at stages 1-3 in the past three years, according to officials. The trial will help health experts understand how vaccines can strengthen a patient’s immune system to help fight cancer if it returns.

In the next few months, the trial will expand to 30 local participants.

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