Monday, April 20, 2015

Bowel Cancer Treatment

Cancer Research UK researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered that genetic changes in bowel tumors are linked to the way the body's Immune system responds to cancer. From this data scientists can now start looking for what causes a weak immune response and in the future, could find a drug or drugs to turn off the immune suppression associated with a certain genetic mutation.
I found this article to be interesting because it shows the potential for boosting the patients immune system. and since a percentage of the time the patience dies from something other than cancer do to they're week immune system from the chemo along with the toll cancer has taken on their bodies. This could increase the likelihood of survival during intermission and overall.

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