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ReviewNature medicine2026

Clinical development of cancer vaccines.

John B Haanen, Ton N M Schumacher, Jonathan C Kagan, Edward F Fritsch, Catherine J Wu

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Review in Nature medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

John B HaanenDivision of Molecular Oncology and Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. j.haanen@nki.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5884-7704
Ton N M SchumacherDivision of Molecular Oncology and Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0517-8804
Jonathan C KaganHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Edward F FritschDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8412-5665
Catherine J WuHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The limitations of current immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies highlight a need for improved strategies to expand tumor-reactive T cell repertoires in a way that is safe, selective and efficient. Cancer vaccines hold potential to achieve this goal, but the profound success of vaccines for infectious diseases has not yet translated to the cancer setting. Recently, however, encouraging preliminary results from phase 1 and 2 clinical trials have renewed enthusiasm and spurred the initiation of large-scale cancer vaccine trials. In this Review, we highlight insights from recent clinical trials, translational studies and preclinical models, which reveal critical factors for optimizing cancer vaccines. Key strategies include definition of improved proxies to estimate vaccine efficacy, selection of high-quality antigens-particularly neoantigens-using modular vaccine platforms with innate immunostimulatory capabilities, and a focus on early-stage cancer, as exemplified by (neo)adjuvant therapies. We discuss each of these in detail, outlining a roadmap for future cancer vaccine development.

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Cancer VaccinesNeoplasmsVaccine DevelopmentAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmClinical Trials as TopicHumansT-LymphocytesAntigens, NeoplasmCancer Vaccines

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