Testing Is Underway on Vaccines to Intercept Brewing Colon Cancer Before It Takes Root

Testing is underway on vaccines to intercept brewing colon cancer before it takes root

Dr. Stacy Norton was only 7 years old when her mother died of colon cancer, one of several family members struck by aggressive tumors at unusually young ages. Decades later, Norton rolled up her sleeve to help test if a new kind of vaccine might protect her and her own children from cancer. The Houston […]

Vaccines to intercept colon cancer before it takes root are in the testing stage

Scientists are creating a new kind of vaccine that teaches the immune system to intercept a type of brewing colon cancer before it turns into a full-fledged tumor.