{"id":16843,"date":"2019-12-16T21:17:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T21:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=290907"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:16:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:16:51","slug":"breast-cancer-vaccine-has-eliminated-cancer-in-its-first-human-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/breast-cancer-vaccine-has-eliminated-cancer-in-its-first-human-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast Cancer Vaccine Has Eliminated Cancer In Its First Human Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, is working on a vaccine that can prevent ovarian and breast cancer<\/a> from occurring. It can also prevent cancer from reoccurring<\/em> in patients who have already had the disease. The vaccines harness the body\u2019s own immune system to target cancer cells and kill them.<\/span>Mayo experienced success with their very first human participant in the trial!<\/span>The vaccine is still in the early phases of the trial and it will be at least three years before the vaccine would shift into phase three and be available to a large number of patients at once. However, the success they\u2019ve seen so far in just their first patient is incredibly promising.<\/span>\u201cIt is reasonable to say that we could have a vaccine within eight years that may be available to patients through their pharmacy or their doctor,\u201d said<\/a> Keith L. Knutson, Ph.D., who is part of the Mayo Clinic.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Adobe Stock\/Davizro Photography<\/span>
\n<\/span>The first patient in the clinical trial, Lee Mercker<\/a>, was diagnosed with stage 0 breast cancer (DCIS). The diagnosis came as a shock to her, but at least it was caught early. Though cancer cells were present, they were confined to her milk ducts.<\/span>When she was asked if she would like to be part of the clinical trial, Mercker immediately agreed.<\/span>The process took a total of 12 weeks, and Mercker easily adapted to the routine.<\/span>\u201cThey always took your blood, you had a physical, they\u2019d make your shot right there on the spot for you,\u201d Mercker said<\/a>. \u201cIt was three shots, all in a row, alternating arms, four shots, two weeks apart.\u201d<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Adobe Stock\/Richman Photo<\/span>
\n<\/span>Dr. Saranya Chumsri, who works at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, said the treatment utilizes defenses the body already has to destroy the cancer.<\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s supposed to stimulate a patient\u2019s own immune response so that the immune cells like t-cells would go in and attack the cancer,\u201d Chumsri said<\/a>.<\/span>As part of the trial, Mercker also had to undergo a mastectomy. This way, the researchers can use her breast tissue to further study the vaccine and how it works. It\u2019s also a way to help ensure that everything cancerous was in fact removed.<\/span>\u201cThat is the only way we know that everything was removed properly,\u201d Chumsri said<\/a>.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Adobe Stock\/vectorfusionart<\/span>
\n<\/span>Mercker\u2019s results showed exactly what Knutson and Chumsri team had been hoping for. They found that the vaccine triggered the immune system to start \u201ccrowding in<\/a>\u201d and eliminate the tumor cells.<\/span>The fact that the vaccine worked in the very first human test subject made it all the more thrilling for the team at Mayo.<\/span>Mercker was thankful to be a part of the trial, and it has since dawned on her just how huge the trial is \u2014 and she was a part of it!<\/span>\u201cI feel like I walked on the moon,\u201d Mercker said<\/a>. \u201cI worked in an industry with tons of women and I saw all kinds of stories, and it\u2019d just be really nice to stamp this [breast cancer] out.\u201d<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Adobe Stock\/Christoph Burgstedt<\/span>
\n<\/span>Previous versions of a vaccine that Mayo Clinic was working on were a lot more invasive than their current one. This shot is administered easily and requires no special bells and whistles.<\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s supposed to be just off the shelf, kind of similar to when you get the flu shot or pneumonia shot,\u201d Chumsri said<\/a>.<\/span>The team is working on vaccines for every stage<\/a> of breast cancer. They\u2019ve already started using this vaccine on two new patients, and they are looking for additional trial subjects. If you\u2019re interested in being a part of the next trial at the Mayo Clinic, you can search through your options here<\/a>.<\/span>\u201cWe have seen early signals that our vaccines have a very positive impact on disease. We are building on that foundation,\u201d Knutson said<\/a>.<\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, is working on a vaccine that can prevent ovarian and breast cancer from occurring. It can also prevent cancer from reoccurring in patients who have already had the disease. The vaccines harness the body\u2019s own immune system to target cancer cells and kill them.Mayo experienced success with their very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44369,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16843\/revisions\/44369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}