{"id":134003,"date":"2023-11-16T18:34:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=134003"},"modified":"2023-11-16T18:34:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:34:58","slug":"first-ever-personalised-cancer-jabs-to-halt-disease-will-be-available-on-nhs-in-5-years-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/first-ever-personalised-cancer-jabs-to-halt-disease-will-be-available-on-nhs-in-5-years-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"First ever personalised cancer jabs to halt disease 'will be available on NHS in 5 years' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A PERSONALISED cancer jab that stops the disease from coming back will rolled out on the NHS within five years, a health chief has said.<\/p>\n
They will be used to treat up to 10,000 patients with several different cancers, including advanced melanoma, prostate cancer, head and neck.<\/p>\n
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The Covid-style jabs can be made to target a particular cancer's unique genetic sequences or mutations.<\/p>\n
This can help the body selectively destroy cancer cells while sparing healthy cells, potentially resulting in fewer side effects compared to chemotherapy.<\/p>\n
NHS national director for cancer Prof Peter Johnson, said the vaccine is one of the most "enormous transformations" in treatment of the disease in the last decade. <\/p>\n
The announcement comes after the Government signed an agreement with German-based company BioNTech which previously developed a coronavirus vaccine, to provide patients with the jab by 2030. <\/p>\n
The clinical trials are intended to help treat patients through the use of personalised mRNA cancer vaccines and immunotherapies.<\/p>\n The technology is similar to that used in the Pfizer\/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine.<\/p>\n A new Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad (CVLP) will create a database to help quickly identify cancer patients who could be eligible for potential trials.<\/p>\n Prof Peter told The Times Health Commission: "Recurrent cancer following operation remains a big issue even as we diagnose more cancers early, so we will see more people having operations to remove the primary tumour but who remain at risk of recurrence. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "And the opportunity to use vaccination to reduce the risk of recurrence in that group of people is very attractive."<\/p>\n However, the use of vaccines to improve the body's ability to spot and destroy tumours to prevent cancer in healthy patients is "still speculative", he explained. <\/p>\n He said it would be more useful if we were able to pick up cancers early before they progress.<\/p>\n Scientists are currently trialing a cancer blood test, called the Grail test, which if successful will pick up early forms of the disease.<\/p>\n<\/picture>CANCER FEARS <\/span><\/p>\n
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