This is
an article that I read today indicating that, sometime in the not-so-distant
future, (relatively speaking) there could be a colon cancer vaccine.
Holy crap.
Um, can we say uh-mazing?!?! I am so glad to be living in a world where I can tell others about the amazing medical advances that are happening RIGHT NOW, as I type, as we live, as we fight. Imagine what the next generation of survivors will be able to blog about....hey! Maybe with the advances in this kind of research, there WON'T be a next generation of survivors.
(Well, I can hope, right?)
It's definitely going to be interesting to see where this research goes, what comes of it, whether it works on all colon cancer (i.e., will it work on people with genetic predispositions or just sporadic cases?), what the side effects are, will they be able to expand this theory and medicine to other cancers, etc. Either way, this is pretty freaking amazing.
Holy crap.
Um, can we say uh-mazing?!?! I am so glad to be living in a world where I can tell others about the amazing medical advances that are happening RIGHT NOW, as I type, as we live, as we fight. Imagine what the next generation of survivors will be able to blog about....hey! Maybe with the advances in this kind of research, there WON'T be a next generation of survivors.
(Well, I can hope, right?)
It's definitely going to be interesting to see where this research goes, what comes of it, whether it works on all colon cancer (i.e., will it work on people with genetic predispositions or just sporadic cases?), what the side effects are, will they be able to expand this theory and medicine to other cancers, etc. Either way, this is pretty freaking amazing.
Comments:
Tina said...
uh-mazing
is right!!
October
15, 2009 at 4:23 PM
I
sure wish the vaccine was available now. My sister is scheduled for a colon
resection the first week of January. She's had precancerous polyps removed the
last three times she's had a colonoscopy so she is at high risk for getting
colon cancer. She's never had invasive surgery before so keep her in your
prayers.
October
16, 2009 at 3:41 PM
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