Overcome Oral Cancer with Fight FRMD4A Protein

Want to cure oral cancer? Apply treatment to eliminate FRMD4A protein in the body. The announcement was made by researchers from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) recently conducted a study at the Cambridge Research Institute.

As reported Xinhua page on Tuesday (3/7), a type of protein that are overactive in cases of oral cancer and encourage the development of the tumor was used as a targeted treatment based on a study by researchers. According to them, the higher the level of permanent FRMD4A active protein on cancer, the more likely the disease is spread and return.

As the report has been published in Cancer Research Journal, by resisting the development of these proteins, then automatically the development of oral cancer can be reduced. "Really interesting study. We already have drugs that can potentially be used to target the protein or to compensate for the effect," said Stephen Goldie.

That said by researchers, the drugs can be used as a new offer to the patients, if surgery and chemotherapy did not work. "Or, it can also be used simultaneously," said Goldie.

However, these findings can not be mass produced. Researchers are still going to test with the discovery. Because new development could still occur. "Successful treatment of oral cancer at this time could be different with treatment success with these methods in the future," said the researchers.