古巴肺癌疫苗Cimavax，獲准進入美國(人體試驗)：可否預防肺癌？？

古巴肺癌疫苗Cimavax，獲准進入美國(人體試驗)：可否預防肺癌？？

Cimavax, Cuban Lung Cancer Vaccine, Gets Approval To Come To US: What If We Could Prevent Cancer?

一家駐紐約的機構，將很快開始研究一個新研究肺癌治療。

A New York based institute will soon begin research on a novel lung cancer treatment.

根據英國癌症研究，Cimavax疫苗有助於延長肺癌患者的平均壽命四到六個月長比較那些沒有用Cimavax疫苗的肺癌患者。並減輕肺癌患者的症狀，如咳嗽和呼吸困難改善肺癌患者的生活品質。According to Cancer Research UK, the vaccine helps lung cancer patients live an average of four to six months longer than those without the medication. It also improved the people’s quality of life by reducing symptoms such as coughing and breathlessness.

Cimavax疫苗迄今仍不是肺癌靈丹妙藥。Cimavax疫苗無法拯救末期肺癌患者的生命。The drug is by far not a miracle solution to lung cancer. It does not save the lives of terminal lung cancer patients. Cimavax疫苗只能略有延長患者寿命及改善症狀。It can only extend and slightly improve them.另外，在美國一些已經廣泛使用Tarceva的治療肺癌方法，藥理作用是透過控制腫瘤的生長激素延伸患者壽命如同Cimavax。Also, there are already treatments available in the U.S., such as the widely used Tarceva, which works similar to Cimavax by extending patient lifespan by controlling tumor growth hormones.然而，Cimavax是低毒性和超便宜（有線報導，每劑Cimavax藥物成本，約值古巴政府一美元）費用。However, Cimavax is particularly intriguing because of its low toxicity level and extreme affordability (Wired reported that each shot of the drug costs the Cuban government around one U.S. dollar).

目前在古巴，古巴肺癌疫苗Cimavax是有助於延長肺癌患者的生命。Currently, the drug is given to help extend the lives of lung cancer patients in Cuba. Roswell Park計劃測試Cimavax藥效的限度，將Cimavax藥物投藥給非肺癌個體，看會有何反應發生？Roswell Park plans on testing the limits of the drug’s capacity and what would happen if the drug was given to individuals who do not yet have lung cancer tumors.例如，與WBFO在一個電台談話節目中，Johnson解釋了她的目的在測試Cimavax藥物能否預防被早期診斷患者的肺癌復發，即使手術切除肺腫瘤，但仍處在肺癌復發的高風險。For example, in a talk radio show with WBFO, Johnson explained her interest in seeing if the drug could prevent the recurrence of lung cancer in patients that were diagnosed early on, had surgery to remove the cancer, but still remain at high risk.

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