Killing cancer from eggs

Scientists are studying entirely new methods to fight cancer at a time when cells are still underdeveloped.

Until now, scientists have been primarily trying to cope with cancer but have not really figured out how these cells are clustered in the body. In the future, cancer prevention and treatment will take place equally and positively, not only focusing on treatment when the tumor has developed at a certain level.

Preventing or treating?

Recently, researchers began to ask the question: Is cancer treatment true or false? Usually, doctors still wait until a tumor grows large enough to find a way to destroy it. However, this approach is not really effective because cancer cells tend to resist drugs.

In response to this question, scientists have found a new way to prevent cancer from detecting the risk, or at a time when the tumor is very small.

"Can we intervene early enough to change the situation, preventing something that is progressing into cancer?" Said Matthew Yurgelun , a specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

In general, the newly published method is not entirely new because it has been considered by researchers in the process of finding ways to cure cancer earlier. The evidence is that at present, we are often advised not to smoke, exercise, avoid harsh sunlight . to reduce the risk of cancer.

During the study, scientists found that immune cells can help prevent malignant tumors from developing in a certain time, until the tumors are large enough and the body is no longer physically active. fight back.

Scientists are studying more deeply how the immune system fights cancer at an early stage.

Recently, drugs like Keytruda or Yervoy have also helped to fight many cancers at the end. While it only works on certain types of cancers and has just been used in a small number of patients, this suggests that stimulating the immune system appropriately will have a positive effect.

Many new hopes

According to medical professor Paul Limburg, the coming years are the best time for researchers to learn new things in the field of cancer prevention.

Based on recent positive results, scientists are studying more deeply how the immune system fights cancer at an early stage.

One of the most promising methods is vaccination against cancer. Despite past failures, a recent study found that about 1,200 anti-cancer vaccine projects are being developed in research laboratories, including vaccines and therapeutic vaccines. material.

At the Cancer Prevention Network (USA), scientists are studying vaccines to prevent colon cancer. Meanwhile, the research team at the University of Washington has just finished the first step in the process of developing breast cancer vaccines in high-risk women.

These new generation vaccines are expected to be much better and more effective than before because scientists focused on analyzing the sequence of data in the genome. This helps predict how tumors change during development. In addition, these new vaccines will also work to stimulate the immune system to work strongly to prevent maximum cancer.

In the future, a person who is at high risk of cancer (due to heredity or lifestyle) will undergo cell analysis in the body. After that, the doctor will prescribe the vaccine against the type of cancer they may have. Besides, they can also be given special medicines to help activate the immune system against cancer. If these steps are successful, the patient is considered to escape the "death scythe" spectacularly.

In addition, scientists will also focus on predicting how a tumor will develop in the future, thus finding a more effective way to prevent it.

Previously, many people believed that taking aspirin may help prevent colon cancer. If used daily for 10 consecutive years, aspirin may help reduce the risk of this type of cancer by 30%. However, this way of preventing cancer is not widely available because not everyone responds well.

It is expected that in 2017 there will be two studies announcing the official results of aspirin on cancer prevention, thereby answering questions about who should and should not take aspirin to prevent the disease.

Some other studies focus on finding whether targeted or immunotherapeutic therapies can help prevent cancer from developing.