{"id":1189,"date":"2014-05-23T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2015-02-04T13:10:34","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T18:10:34","slug":"your-body-knows-best-why-immunotherapy-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/23\/your-body-knows-best-why-immunotherapy-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Body Knows Best: Why Immunotherapy Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-252\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MP9004023161-200x250.jpg\" alt=\"Your Body Knows Best\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MP9004023161-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MP9004023161.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your Body Knows Best<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last year <em>Science<\/em> magazine hailed immunotherapy as the medical \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/07\/immuotherapy-the-cancer-protocol-for-the-future\/\">Breakthrough of the Year<\/a>.\u201d After decades spent trying to cut cancer out, poison it with chemicals and bombard it with radiation, cancer researchers are discovering that your body knows best! Increasingly, practitioners of Western medicine are joining <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/default.aspx\">Issels\u2019 experts in integrative immunotherapy<\/a> in recognizing the power of the body\u2019s immune system to fight cancer and heal itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Integrative Immunotherapy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, immunotherapy is being used successfully as both a primary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/TreatmentSummary.aspx\">cancer treatment<\/a> and in conjunction with traditional Western treatments. When used as a primary treatment, <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/12\/integrative-immunotherapy-cancer-treatment-that-improves-quality-of-life\/\">integrative immunotherapy<\/a> offers cancer patients an improved quality of life both during and after treatment. When combined with traditional treatments such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy has been found to decrease the length of treatment and reduce toxic side effects.<\/p>\n<p>For cancer patients, including integrated immunotherapy in their cancer treatment plan is a win-win scenario. Immunotherapy boosts the body\u2019s natural defense system which helps your body fight cancer. But it also improves immune system strength and health, giving your body the resources it needs to keep cancer from coming back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>60+ Years of Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Issels Oncology Centers have more than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/AboutUs.aspx\">60 years experience using integrative immunotherapy to treat cancer<\/a>. Our methods have produced a unique history of complete, long-term remission of advanced Stage 4 cancers and cancers that have proven resistant to standard cancer treatments. We offer a wide range of alternative cancer treatments, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/Vaccines.aspx\">cancer vaccines<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/advancedtargetedtherapies.aspx\">advanced targeted therapies<\/a> at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/Clinics.aspx\">cancer medical centers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/default.aspx\">Visit our website<\/a> to find out more about integrative immunotherapy and why we think your body knows best when it comes to fighting cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year Science magazine hailed immunotherapy as the medical \u201cBreakthrough of the Year.\u201d After decades spent trying to cut cancer out, poison it with chemicals and bombard it with radiation, cancer researchers are discovering that your body knows best! Increasingly, practitioners of Western medicine are joining Issels\u2019 experts in integrative immunotherapy in recognizing the power &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/23\/your-body-knows-best-why-immunotherapy-works\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Your Body Knows Best: Why Immunotherapy Works<\/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":[202,216],"tags":[329,220,7],"class_list":["post-1189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-immunotherapy","tag-chemo-alternative","tag-living-with-cancer","tag-mind-body-connection"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189","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=1189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1190,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions\/1190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}