Medicine · Projected milestone
Most cancers curable
Estimated year~2059
50% by 2064 · including earlier years
The year is an editorial timing estimate. The percentage applies to occurrence by the stated deadline. These estimates are not calibrated odds.
Early detection plus personalised vaccines and cell therapies make most cancers curable.
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Milestone stage: milestone (legacy definition)
Completion criteria: Legacy milestone: refine the observable threshold before resolving.
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Built on
- Checkpoint immunotherapyRecorded · 2011enables
- Personal cancer vaccine: melanoma Phase 3 benefit reportedRecorded · 2026enables
- Blood test for many cancersForecast · ~2027enables
- AI reads every screening scanForecast · ~2028enables
- CAR-T made inside the bodyForecast · ~2032enables
- Most tumours treated without cutsForecast · ~2040enables
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.