London, For the first time various types of cancer-preventing vaccine will be available on the market within the next 5 years. Since work on the hormonal system, the vaccine can also be used as a contraceptive.
Type of cancer can be prevented by a vaccine developed by Celldrex Therapetics is quite diverse. Among these are breast cancer, colon cancer and cervical cancer or cervical.
The vaccine, manufactured by U.S. companies is working to strengthen the immune system and control it to attack the hormone hCG, a hormone that is known as a marker of pregnancy. The hormone was found in 50 percent of patients with prostate and pancreatic cancer, and in some patients with tumors of the breast, colon and cervix.
Since work on the same hormone pregnancy hormone, the vaccine will be used as a short-term contraceptives. The effect will be lost and acceptor (contraception program participants) will be fertile again after the use of vaccine was stopped for 1 year.
In patients with tumors, injections of the vaccine would prevent cancer cells to spread. Not only that, Professor Ray Iles of the Middlesex University who created the vaccine claim that cancer cells can even shrink it.
Currently, the test was conducted on 60 patients with prostate cancer. Prof Iles said, preclinical trials on animals have been done before and give excellent results.
If clinical trials in 60 patients were equally good results, the tests will be re-done with a larger scale before it can be marketed.
"These vaccines have great potential to help us make great strides in dealing with cancer," said Professor Iles, quoted from Dailymail, Wednesday (07/14/2010).
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