“A vaccine that could prevent the development of breast cancer would be phenomenal because it means that women would not have to go through what we went through,” Vivian said, referring to her and her mother.
Cancer vaccines are in development and researchers say they could be available in 2030.Dr. Eva Vivian was a teenager when her mother, not yet 40, learned she had a breast tumor."The only option was a mastectomy. They were mean to women back then. It was a male-dominated profession," said Vivian, a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Pharmacy."There wasn't a lot of empathy toward women who developed breast cancer.
Given her experience, the experience of her mother, and her belief in preventive health care, Vivian volunteered to be one of more than 30 participants in a cancer vaccine trial underway involving UW-Madison's Carbone Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Vivian rolled up her sleeve for the third and final vaccine shot Jan. 18, becoming the first woman in the country to complete the three-shot trial to prevent triple-negative cells from again growing in her body. While Wilke said many cancer vaccines are in the trial phases, there are only four approved for patient use by the FDA.
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