The document discusses the current state of cancer vaccines, focusing on HPV vaccines. It outlines the types of vaccines as prophylactic, preventive, or therapeutic. HPV vaccines have proven highly effective as prophylactic vaccines in preventing cervical cancer. Clinical trials demonstrated up to 100% efficacy of the HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix in preventing precancerous lesions. However, challenges remain regarding cross-protection against other HPV types, long-term duration of protection, and reducing production costs to increase global access.