There is a new push to raise awareness of a vaccine that can help prevent several types of cancer.

Preventing cancer with a vaccine sounds like the holy grail of medicine. Yet it is already possible to prevent many cancers with a vaccine. But too many people are unaware of that fact, which could cost some their lives.

DETROIT – October is breast cancer awareness month, a disease that one in eight women will develop in their lifetime. Researchers are looking for an effective way to both reduce the risk of getting breast cancer and up the odds of survival. There is good news when it comes to exercise and breast cancer. READ: U-M develops app that calculates risk of delaying cancer treatments during COVID-19HPV vaccine and risk of cervical cancerA new study confirms the HPV vaccine reduces the risk of cervical cancer. Those who were vaccinated before age 17 were 88 percent less likely to develop cervical cancer than their unvaccinated peers.