{"id":1321,"date":"2014-08-25T03:00:40","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T07:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2015-01-29T21:01:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T02:01:39","slug":"immunotherapy-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/25\/immunotherapy-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Immunotherapy Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1100\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1100\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MP9004021241-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Immunotherapy Explained\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MP9004021241-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MP9004021241.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immunotherapy Explained<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/cancer-immunotherapy\/what-is-cancer-immunotherapy\">Integrative immunotherapy<\/a> uses the power of the immune system in order to fight cancer, mobilizing your entire immune system in order to give your defenses the upper hand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Immunotherapy is different<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile traditional cancer therapies such as drugs and radiation kill both healthy cells and cancerous cells, causing a variety of side effects, immunotherapy\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Benefits a multitude of cancer types.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Promotes the growth of healthy cells, selectively killing cancer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is powerful, attacking cancer systemically \u2013 throughout your whole body.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Offers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/Cases.aspx#sthash.s7xTi6Kz.AkO5RMVE.dpbs\">l\u00adonger-term protection<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Creates few to no side effects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/TreatmentSummary.aspx#sthash.sTnshutc.dpbs\"><strong>Types of immunotherapy<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nImmunotherapy fights cancer in one\u00a0or two ways, by stimulating your immune system as a whole to attack cancer, or by giving you specific immune system components, such as man-made or lab grown immune\u00a0 proteins, providing more targeted therapy. Immunotherapy may also be referred to as biologic or biotherapy. <strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key players starring in your immunotherapy arsenal include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/23\/832\/\"><strong>Dendritic Cells<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nIntelligence agents alerting your immune system and strategizing attacks against cancer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CD4 &amp; Helper T-Cells<\/strong><br \/>\nCommandants directing and coordinating the cancer response.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>B-Cells<\/strong><br \/>\nMunitions factories churning out antibodies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CD8 &amp; Killer T-Cells<\/strong><br \/>\nThe assassins of cancer cells.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cytokines<\/strong><br \/>\nCommunicate and help coordinate attacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Antibodies<\/strong><br \/>\nAmmunition, seeking out and binding to cancer cells to mark them for attack.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Regulatory T-Cells<\/strong><br \/>\nChecks and balances your immune system, preventing damage to healthy cells.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The future of cancer therapy is happening now<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the last few decades, immunotherapy has become an important part of many cancer treatments. It is expected to be a key player in the future of cancer therapy, with many new treatments under study.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about the future of cancer therapy what immunotherapy has to offer you? Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/questionnaire\/questionnaire.aspx\">Issels<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Integrative immunotherapy uses the power of the immune system in order to fight cancer, mobilizing your entire immune system in order to give your defenses the upper hand. Immunotherapy is different While traditional cancer therapies such as drugs and radiation kill both healthy cells and cancerous cells, causing a variety of side effects, immunotherapy\u2026 Benefits &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/25\/immunotherapy-explained\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Immunotherapy Explained<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216,204],"tags":[329,244,292,219,276],"class_list":["post-1321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immunotherapy","category-living-with-cancer","tag-chemo-alternative","tag-chemotherapy","tag-genetics","tag-immunotherapy","tag-low-fat-diets-and-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321","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=1321"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1347,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions\/1347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}