{"id":2012,"date":"2015-06-15T03:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2015-06-19T13:56:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T18:56:38","slug":"precision-medicine-promises-a-better-war-on-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/precision-medicine-promises-a-better-war-on-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Precision Medicine Promises a Better War on Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2018\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MP9004422711.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2018\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MP9004422711-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"Precision Cancer Medicine\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MP9004422711-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MP9004422711.jpg 579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Precision Cancer Medicine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\">Issels\u00ae Immuno-Oncology<\/a>, we believe cancer treatment should be\u00a0an integrative approach that relies on non-toxic, personalized and\u00a0precise\u00a0methods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is precision medicine?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instead of utilizing broad, toxic\u00a0treatments based mostly on cancer location, we\u00a0look at the many factors that contribute to the formation and spread of cancer and then tackle the specific causes at the\u00a0cellular and\u00a0immune system levels.<\/p>\n<p>On April 26, Dr. Craig Thompson from the\u00a0Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center\u00a0covered the benefits of precision medicine in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-future-of-cancer-closer-to-a-cure-1430104229?KEYWORDS=get+ready+for+a+revolution+in+cancer+care\">piece<\/a>\u00a0for <em>The Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em>titled &#8220;The Future of Cancer: Closer to a Cure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He noted that cancer growth\u00a0depends on more than location or even genetic predisposition. Cancer usually forms because the body\u2019s regeneration and immune system response processes fail. Cells mutate for a variety of reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Error &#8211; Errors can occur naturally as cells grow and tissues regenerate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Age &#8211; Cells naturally mutate as we age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Damage &#8211; Cellular damage happens\u00a0from different\u00a0external sources, such as\u00a0radiation, environmental pollutants, viruses, bacteria, et cetera.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cancer forms when a person&#8217;s immune system fails to consider these cells a type of\u00a0threat.\u00a0With precision medicine,\u00a0oncologists and immunotherapy specialists\u00a0use a patient&#8217;s\u00a0immune system to fight off disease with non-toxic methods. They\u00a0tackle some specific mutations with\u00a0vaccines and cell therapies that reverse causation\u00a0to prevent new mutated cellular\u00a0growth. Additionally, they\u00a0boost\u00a0the immune system and push it to continue working and destroy cancer long after it might normally\u00a0shut down.<\/p>\n<p>For more <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\">information<\/a>, or to schedule an appointment at one of our Issels\u00ae Integrative\u00a0Immuno-Oncology centers, call 888-447-7357 (United States and Canada) or 001-888-447-7357 (Abroad) or use our convenient <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/questionnaire\/request-issels-info.aspx\">online form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Issels\u00ae Immuno-Oncology, we believe cancer treatment should be\u00a0an integrative approach that relies on non-toxic, personalized and\u00a0precise\u00a0methods. What is precision medicine? Instead of utilizing broad, toxic\u00a0treatments based mostly on cancer location, we\u00a0look at the many factors that contribute to the formation and spread of cancer and then tackle the specific causes at the\u00a0cellular and\u00a0immune system &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/precision-medicine-promises-a-better-war-on-cancer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Precision Medicine Promises a Better War on Cancer<\/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":[202,203,1],"tags":[259,444],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-research","category-uncategorized","tag-fighting-cancer","tag-precision-cancer-treatment"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","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=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2032,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/2032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}