• Question: Is there anything we can put in the way to stop cancer spreading all the way around the body or even just keeping it in a certain place?

    Asked by labrat to Catherine, Charlotte, Colin, Becki, Rick on 20 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Rebecca Scott

      Rebecca Scott answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      I think before we can stop a type of cancer from spreading around the body we need to understand how it moves around the body. Why do some cancers only affect certain organs while others cancers will spread all over the place? The cancer research UK website has loads of good info on what cancer is, how it spreads and what scientists are doing to combat the disease.

    • Photo: Charlotte Dalton

      Charlotte Dalton answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      I think it would be quite difficult to stop cancer spreading because the disease progresses fast, but if we could find a way to block interactions between cancer cells and signalling molecules in your body, or stop the cancer cells dividing it might be possible

    • Photo: Colin Swift

      Colin Swift answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      If caught early enough it can be treated far more easily, however it may well reach a stage where it can spread to adjoining organs (metastisises) in which case the condition becomes more difficult to treat.

    • Photo: Catherine Fontinelle

      Catherine Fontinelle answered on 24 Jun 2013:

      Hi @labrat
      Prevention, prevention…..HPV vaccination is being rolled out with good reason, perhaps this is just the beginning?

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