{"id":1073,"date":"2014-03-10T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2015-02-05T16:56:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T21:56:16","slug":"big-pharma-failure-shows-value-of-multifaceted-approach-to-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/10\/big-pharma-failure-shows-value-of-multifaceted-approach-to-cancer-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Pharma Failure Shows Value of Multifaceted Approach to Cancer Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1074\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1074\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MP9003414891-200x280.jpg\" alt=\"The Old Is Now New\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MP9003414891-200x280.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MP9003414891.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Old Is Now New<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEverything old is new again\u201d might be one of the themes of modern cancer research. Repeatedly, cancer researchers in the U.S. and Western Europe are finding validity in many of the \u201cold\u201d methods of treating cancer and embracing them as \u201cnew\u201d discoveries. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/default.aspx\">Integrated immunotherapy<\/a>, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/questionnaire\/questionnaire.aspx\">Issels Integrative Oncology Centers<\/a> have practiced for more than 60 years, is a notable example.<\/p>\n<p><b>Big Pharma Fails Again<\/b><\/p>\n<p>That the <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/03\/why-cancer-patients-should-consider-immunotherapy\/\">body\u2019s own immune system holds the key to defeating cancer<\/a> is an idea only recently embraced by a Western medical community that many believe relies too heavily on Big Pharma. But as the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/03\/03\/roche-metmab-idUSL6N0M00B620140303\">clinical trial failure of yet another cancer drug<\/a> touted by its maker as \u201ca potential blockbuster\u201d indicates, cancer patients may be placing their lives at risk by failing to broaden their treatment plans to include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/TreatmentSummary.aspx\">alternative cancer treatment<\/a> options.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Issels Difference<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At Issels alternative cancer treatment centers, our experienced cancer specialists take a holistic approach to fighting cancer that treats the patient\u2019s body, mind and spirit. Central to our cancer-fighting strategy are treatments designed to bolster and restore the body\u2019s immune, regulatory and repair mechanisms and enhance their ability to recognize and destroy cancer cells.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personalized Treatment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We recognize that each patient\u2019s case is unique. Just as cancer is not a single disease, we know from our extensive clinical experience that each patient\u2019s response to cancer and cancer treatment will be unique. Using special testing methods, including genomic testing, our experts personalize the Issels <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/TreatmentSummary.aspx\">immunobiologic core treatment<\/a> program to the specific needs of each individual patient.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than limiting cancer treatment to surgery, chemotherapy and radiation as is common among practitioners of Western medicine, Issels integrative immunotherapy, which can be used alone or with traditional treatments, expands cancer treatment, increasing the patient\u2019s opportunities for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/Cases.aspx\">long-term cancer remission<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEverything old is new again\u201d might be one of the themes of modern cancer research. Repeatedly, cancer researchers in the U.S. and Western Europe are finding validity in many of the \u201cold\u201d methods of treating cancer and embracing them as \u201cnew\u201d discoveries. Integrated immunotherapy, which Issels Integrative Oncology Centers have practiced for more than 60 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/10\/big-pharma-failure-shows-value-of-multifaceted-approach-to-cancer-treatment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Pharma Failure Shows Value of Multifaceted Approach to Cancer Treatment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[311,310,309],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","tag-big-medicine","tag-main-stream-medicine","tag-pharmaceuticals"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}