Till today we don't have any vaccine that can prevent cancer as we can prevent many infectious diseases like tetanus, diphtheria, Polio, Pneumonia, Typhoid. But recently one vaccine has been tried which can prevent colorectal carcinoma and metastases. The patients treated had no signs of serious adverse events and samples of their blood contained markers of immune activation—an early indication that the vaccine could activate immune cells to fight colorectal tumors and metastases. A new colorectal cancer vaccine showed positive results in phase 1 clinical trial to demonstrate that the approach is safe.
Further tests to determine if the vaccine is effective at slowing tumor growth are forthcoming. The results were published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. Colon cancer, especially in younger people, is on the rise and is currently the second highest cause of cancer deaths…
