Next Generation Medicine: How Close Are We to a Breast Cancer Vaccine?

Next Generation Medicine: How Close Are We to a Breast Cancer Vaccine?

UW School of Medicine physician-scientist Nora Disis, MD, will return to Spokane with an update on her research to develop a breast cancer vaccine that teaches the body’s immune system to recognize and destroy breast cancer cells. Dr. Disis, who has devoted her career to learning how the body fights cancer and to developing a breast cancer vaccine, believes they will become part of the standard of care for cancer treatment within the next decade.

Dr. Disis was our first presenter in our Next Generation Medicine lecture series in 2017. Join us to welcome her back and learn about innovative advancements in immunotherapy.

Nora Disis, MD, Fel. ’93, directs the Cancer Vaccine Institute at UW Medicine, is an investigator in the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a Breast Cancer Alliance Exceptional Project Grant recipient. She holds the Helen B. Slonaker Endowed Professorship for Cancer Research, and is a professor of medicine, Division of Oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

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