Saturday, September 28, 2013

How Cancer Awareness Can Play Into Meningioma

By Rob Sutter


I think that cancer awareness has become such a tremendous subject and the focus on various studies cannot be overlooked. The tumors which patients have are some of the most complex and being able to assess all of the features is worth noting. You want to be able to focus on specific qualities of tumors and see how they can be targeted thanks to various methods. Speaking of proteins, it seems like there is a particular type that has been given great emphasis in recent times.

Medical Xpress put up an article that talked about the focus that was recently brought to NY-ESO-1. For those who aren't in the know, this is essentially a protein type that is found in meningiomas, which are regarded as common sorts of tumors. However, as many therapies that have been constructed in the past, those in cancer awareness can tell you that they have not been entirely effective. Procedures have to be constructed with NY-ESO-1 in mind, as organizations the likes of Voices against Brain Cancer can tell you.

It seems like the methods that are utilized today can still be used in order to take care of the matter at hand right now. However, you have to take into consideration that only the tumors located in the easiest to reach places are those which can benefit from typical surgery and chemotherapy. That being said, there are those which are higher-grade and not able to be taken care of as easily. It's when research is done in order to find alternatives which can be taken into account.

Currently, NY-ESO-1 has become the focus of a new clinical study that has been done at the National Cancer Institute. What will be done is that bodies will have their immune systems activated with other tumors. These are ones which express the protein type in question. What this should cause, in theory, is the body becoming stronger and able to attack the cancer after becoming familiar with NY-ESO-1. It seems like the best idea since it will allow the body to become familiar with this particular substance.

I believe that this type of research should be looked into with greater emphasis and I don't think that anyone will be able to say differently. There's so much potential to be seen in this type of research and findings are constantly being brought up to the surface. However, cancer awareness should be given more attention. Those who are looking to offer their support will be happy to know that the efforts that they put forth are going to matter much in the long run.




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