2024-03-22 12:51:38
Countdown to vaccine development for lung cancer, which kills 1.8 million people every year
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The main reason lung cancer is so deadly is because the symptoms are not clear in the early stages. Only 1 in 10 patients survive for 10 years. [사진= 게티이미지뱅크]A preventive vaccine to prevent lung cancer is expected to be released. Lung cancer is the cancer with the highest mortality rate, with approximately 2.2 million cases occurring annually and approximately 1.8 million deaths worldwide. If this vaccine is developed, it is expected to save thousands of lives every year.
According to the British media The Sun on the 22nd (local time), joint researchers from the University of Oxford, the University of London, and the Francis Crick Institute announced that they plan to conduct lung cancer vaccine research worth 1.7 million pounds over two years through support from Cancer Research UK. .
The shot, called LungVax, uses the same technology as the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. It uses a harmless chimpanzee virus to deliver parts of neoantigens, which are pre-cancerous proteins. White blood cells then recognize these proteins and deal with them, preventing cancer cells from forming tumors.
The team plans to first test the technology in the lab and then begin human trials starting with middle-aged smokers at high risk for lung cancer. The research team said their goal is to train our bodies to fight cancer naturally.
Lung cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in the UK, along with prostate, breast and colon cancer. It accounts for more than half of all new cancer diagnoses. Every year, approximately 49,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer and 35,000 people die from lung cancer. Only 1 in 10 patients survive for 10 years. The main reason lung cancer is so deadly is because the symptoms are not clear in the early stages.
Britain’s National Health Service does not routinely screen for lung cancer, but is conducting more screenings for high-risk smokers and former smokers to detect it early. Tests include x-rays and chest CT scans. Smoking is the biggest risk factor for lung cancer, accounting for about 70% of the causes.
Professor Mariam Jamal-Hanjani of UCL, a member of the research team, said: “Less than 10% of lung cancer patients survive for more than 10 years. “We think a vaccine could cover around 90% of all lung cancers.” explained. He continued, “Vaccines cannot replace smoking cessation itself as the best way to reduce the risk of lung cancer, but they can provide a path to prevent cancer in the early stages,” and added, “We are in a golden age of cancer research.”
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