Currently, there is no way to prevent cancer. There is no injection, medication, or other substance that a person can receive in order to prevent the mutations of the cells that the disease causes.
However, what if the cancer could be caught early enough to stop the growth before it becomes a big problem?
This is the question that has been tossed around by many in the field of medicine and researchers have recently provided one more way for this to be a possibility.
In a recent study of 53 patients diagnosed with uveal melanoma (cancer in the eye) and at high genetic risk of other varieties of cancer, it was found that there was a mutation of a particular gene in some of the patients.
The mutated gene would have been handed down from generations before and would make those patients at increased risk of this and other varieties of cancer.
The gene, known as BAP1, is thought to play a significant role in regulating cell growth.
For that reason, when the gene malfunctions, cancer would be a likely result. At the time that the study was published, six families had been discovered to share the genetic mutation.
If patients could be diagnosed with this irregular gene at a young age, they would know to be screened for cancer regularly, thereby reducing risk of it becoming a major issue in the future.
For more information on the findings, you can continue reading the full article.
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