{"id":2059,"date":"2015-07-03T06:55:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T11:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2059"},"modified":"2015-07-03T07:00:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T12:00:12","slug":"why-is-it-taking-so-long-to-find-a-cure-for-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/03\/why-is-it-taking-so-long-to-find-a-cure-for-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is It Taking So Long to Find a Cure for Cancer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2062\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Depositphotos_23799111_s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2062\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Depositphotos_23799111_s-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ideas on finding a cure for cancer.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Depositphotos_23799111_s-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Depositphotos_23799111_s.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ideas on finding a cure for cancer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\">Issels<\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\">\u00ae<\/a>, we know that many of our readers wonder about\u00a0research being done\u00a0to find\u00a0a\u00a0cure\u00a0for cancer.\u00a0Many impatiently wait for progress\u00a0as cancer leaves an indelible mark\u00a0on anyone who has ever had cancer or known and\/or\u00a0loved someone who has had cancer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Why is a cure\u00a0taking so long?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scientists are still trying to understand all of the complex\u00a0processes that turn\u00a0cells into the many types of cancers that exist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Does Cancer Form?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Dr. Craig Thompson, CEO of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, pointed out in a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-future-of-cancer-closer-to-a-cure-1430104229b\">article<\/a>\u00a0about this topic, family genetic inheritance, the\u00a0formation site, immune system responses and cellular changes\u00a0all factor into the complex puzzle that is cancer. We know that the last two items have the most influence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The immune system isn\u2019t perfect. Severe allergies and asthma are conditions that often happen when the\u00a0immune system becomes confused about what it should or should not fight off to protect the body. Cancer is another example.<\/li>\n<li>Many cells mutate into cancer because of natural aging changes we\u00a0don&#8217;t\u00a0yet completely understand. Sometimes there are\u00a0errors during growth that repeat\u00a0when new cells form. Lastly, cells can experience\u00a0DNA damage\u00a0from microorganisms, radiation, toxins and poor habits\u00a0like\u00a0smoking and tanning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As Thompson noted, the key is to understand\u00a0the \u201cbiology of cancer\u201d and then use\u00a0that knowledge to prevent it in those who don&#8217;t have\u00a0it and create new treatments\u00a0that precisely deal with causation in those who do.<\/p>\n<p>At <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/\">Issels\u00ae Immuno-Oncology<\/a>, we have integrated many of the most recent precision <a style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14.66px;\" href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/\">techniques<\/a>\u00a0into our non-toxic, customized cancer treatment plans. For more information, <a style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14.66px;\" href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/questionnaire\/request-issels-info.aspx\">contact<\/a>\u00a0us today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At\u00a0Issels\u00ae, we know that many of our readers wonder about\u00a0research being done\u00a0to find\u00a0a\u00a0cure\u00a0for cancer.\u00a0Many impatiently wait for progress\u00a0as cancer leaves an indelible mark\u00a0on anyone who has ever had cancer or known and\/or\u00a0loved someone who has had cancer. Why is a cure\u00a0taking so long? Scientists are still trying to understand all of the complex\u00a0processes that turn\u00a0cells &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/03\/why-is-it-taking-so-long-to-find-a-cure-for-cancer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why Is It Taking So Long to Find a Cure for 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":[203,205,1],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-2059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-research","category-immuno-oncology","category-uncategorized","tag-cancer-research"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059","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=2059"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2063,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059\/revisions\/2063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}