Cancer Vaccine for 90 Percent of Cancers Potentially Developed

[renate]

11. thanks for this great explanation!

I always roll my eyes at the idea that oncologists wouldn't be thrilled to have a real cure for cancer, so I ask this in the pursuit of knowledge, not out of cynicism... but if or when there is a cancer vaccine, or specific vaccines depending on the type of cancer, how will they respond to a sea change like that? Right now their knowledge database is so complex and so complicated and so rarified, but if treatment became vastly simplified, what would they do? The doctors who are just starting out in their careers might not have a problem making a switch, but those in their 50s or 60s might have a hard time.

Again, I firmly believe that oncologists would be thrilled at this development (though not the drug companies whose patents might become obsolete); I'm just curious about the impact on them careerwise.