{"id":1601,"date":"2015-02-13T03:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2015-02-06T13:15:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T18:15:32","slug":"cancer-super-survivors-give-us-all-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/13\/cancer-super-survivors-give-us-all-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Super-Survivors Give Us All Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1603\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Depositphotos_21850437_xs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1603\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Depositphotos_21850437_xs-250x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cancer Survivor\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cancer Survivor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today\u2019s array of <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\">immunotherapy<\/a> \u00a0treatments are offering cancer victims something they\u2019ve been robbed of for some time\u2013 a fighting chance. Read on to discover more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cancers-super-survivors-how-immunotherapy-is-transforming-oncology-1417714379\">super-survivors<\/a> and the treatments that are not only putting immunotherapy in the spotlight, but transforming the future of cancer treatment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Super-survivor stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Joseph Rick<\/strong><br \/>\nRick\u2019s advanced melanoma metastasized throughout his body. Years of the side effects of chemo and radiation left a lasting impression, but did not cure his cancer. When doctors gave up hope, Rick turned to a trial vaccine immunotherapy. A year later his tumors had shrunk 50 percent, and after three years he experienced remission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tom Telford<\/strong><br \/>\nA tumor on Telford\u2019s small intestine spread to his liver and kidneys following surgery and chemo, however Telford is still alive nine years later following treatment with immunotherapy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Richard Logan<\/strong><br \/>\nLogan\u2019s skin melanoma metastasized to his lung and liver. His cancer has been stabilized five years following treatment with checkpoint inhibitors, a form of immunotherapy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Treating the immune system, not cancer:<\/strong><br \/>\nHarnessing the power of the immune system, immunotherapy is charting new territory. It offers a chance at long-term survival, particularly in advanced cancers, with developments in treatment technology such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Checkpoint inhibitors<\/strong><br \/>\nCertain immune system components can prevent immune system warriors, T-cells, from attacking tumors. Checkpoint inhibitors block these components, putting T-cells back in the fight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>T-cell therapy<\/strong><br \/>\nThis therapy involves genetically modifying certain T-cells outside the body, <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/new-costly-cancer-treatments-face-hurdles-getting-to-patients-1412627150?tesla=y&amp;mg=reno64-wsj\">creating &#8220;CAR T cells&#8221;<\/a>, which are then re-infused back into the body to attack targets on the surface of cancer cells.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>And many more therapies both in use and under investigation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to be a super-survivor? Contact Issels\u00ae today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s array of immunotherapy \u00a0treatments are offering cancer victims something they\u2019ve been robbed of for some time\u2013 a fighting chance. Read on to discover more about super-survivors and the treatments that are not only putting immunotherapy in the spotlight, but transforming the future of cancer treatment. Super-survivor stats: Joseph Rick Rick\u2019s advanced melanoma metastasized throughout &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/13\/cancer-super-survivors-give-us-all-hope\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cancer Super-Survivors Give Us All Hope<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,231],"tags":[318,317],"class_list":["post-1601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-after-cancer","category-cancer-survivors","tag-defeating-cancer","tag-surviving-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1604,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions\/1604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}