Dear Friend,
Immuno-Oncology is a new term that many have never heard of, but with the cutting edge research and breakthroughs from this past year, it is a term you are sure to hear more about in 2015.
Our own comprehensive treatment system is based on extensive clinical and scientific research. It focuses with equal importance on both the tumor and the tumor microenvironment, which plays a pivotal role in disease progression or regression.
The innovations we have seen in 2014 are changing the way we treat cancer and there are more advancements projected for 2015.
Best Regards,
Ilse Marie Issels
Wife and Collaborator of Dr. Josef Issels, Our Founder
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Can Your Body Be Trained to Cure Its Own Cancer?
For decades, cancer patients have been limited to a trio of treatment options. While surgery, chemotherapy and radiation have their effectiveness, they also have serious drawbacks that can compromise quality of life.
Continued research in the area of immunotherapy is uncovering its power to fight cancer naturally while preserving the body's healthy cells.
The exciting concept behind immunotherapy is that it uses the power of the body's own immune system to essentially treat itself. Unlike chemotherapy, the immune system is more adaptive and able to distinguish between healthy tissue and invaders such as cancer cells. Consider the example of childhood vaccines, which remain effective over time thanks to the immune system's memory.
One of the biggest breakthroughs came in a 2013 study conducted by Bristol-Myers Squibb. A group of 52 melanoma patients were treated with one approved and one experimental drug. Nearly one-third experienced rapid and deep tumor regression. As study leader Dr. Jedd Wolchok observed, "We have spent several decades in cancer research learning better ways to treat the tumor. Now we are learning how to treat the patient."
Dr. David Maloney has been working on targeted cancer therapies since he was a student at Stanford in the early 1980s. He is currently focused on a procedure wherein a patient is infused with his own T-cells that have been harvested and genetically re-engineered to become cancer-killing"drones". He cites the benefit of immunotherapy as a move away from a "one-size-fits-all" approach to customized treatments.
For more than 60 years, Issels has been on the forefront of integrative immuno-oncology treatments. We invite you to contact one of our patient care specialists today to chat about how the Issels® Integrative Immunotherapy Program for Cancer may be the right choice for your health needs. We invite you to phone 1-888-447-7357 or visit us online at www.Issels.com.