All your questions answered on the cancer vaccine revolution: how they work, how likely you are to get one… and how they’re made in the same way as the Covid jabs [Video]

07:35 EDT 31 May 2024, updated 07:37 EDT 31 May 2024

‘Game-changing’ cancer vaccines are here with thousands of Brits set to be offered them in the next year in what could be a watershed moment for treating the disease. 

Doctors believe the treatments — which are custom built for each patient — will herald a new era in cancer care.

Elliot Pfebve, a 55-year-old father of four, became the first patient to receive the bowel cancer version of the vaccine on the NHS, getting his first dose at University Hospitals Birmingham in March.

Medics hope the jabs, which use similar technology to some Covid vaccines will one day become a standard part of cancer care. 

But how do these vaccines work? How can patients get involved? And what is exactly is their relationship to the controversial Covid jabs?