From vaccines to AI: New weapons in the fight against cancer

As most who read these articles in JapanToday already know, the pace of scientific advancement in the medical field is truly astounding.

Case in point: one of my sons-in-law was told he had a 2% chance of surviving cancer for another five years, even after multiple surgeries. He was offered the chance to try an experimental therapy which so far had shown about 30% effectiveness. Having nothing to lose, he chose the experimental therapy. That was over 5 years ago, and today they cannot detect any traces of the cancer. If that isn't an example of a new weapon against cancer succeeding, I don't know what is.