{"id":2387,"date":"2016-06-09T03:36:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T08:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2387"},"modified":"2016-06-09T08:57:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T13:57:53","slug":"could-this-be-an-accidental-miracle-for-the-treatment-of-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/09\/could-this-be-an-accidental-miracle-for-the-treatment-of-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Could this be an Accidental Miracle for the Treatment of Breast Cancer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_807\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-807\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-807\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MP9003373501-200x280.jpg\" alt=\"Breast Cancer Myths BustedAwareness Month\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MP9003373501-200x280.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MP9003373501.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Promising Immunotherapy Treatment\u00a0Protocol for Breast Cancer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Researchers in the United Kingdom recently made an exciting breakthrough in <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">breast cancer immunotherapy treatment<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. Ironically, the discovery they made was neither sought after nor expected.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An accidental miracle?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A group of surgeons at the University of Manchester set out to test the use of a <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/secondnexus.com\/technology-and-innovation\/drug-combo-shrinks-tumors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">two-drug combo<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> on tumors between the times of diagnosis and surgical excision. The drugs in question, traztusumab (Herceptin) and lapatinib (Tyverb) had previously been used individually in treatment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While the intent was to study the effects of the drugs on tumor biology, the surgeons were stunned at the dramatic but unanticipated results. After only 11 days, 87 percent of the 257 participants experienced a significant reduction in cancer cells, while 11 percent showed no cancer cells at all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Implications for future breast cancer treatments<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Each of the women participating in the study had a form of <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/03\/the-realities-of-living-with-stage-4-breast-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">breast cancer<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> known as human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, also referred to as HER2 positive breast cancer. Herceptin works by blocking growth signals to HER2 receptors on the surface of the cancer cells, while Tyverb does the same from within the cells. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to lead researcher Nigel Bundred, the results are a promising sign for tailoring individual treatments with breast cancer patients. The team is &#8220;cautiously optimistic&#8221; about indications that taking the drugs immediately after diagnosis may eliminate the need for chemotherapy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At our Issels\u00ae center, we consider factors such as lifestyle and environment to create personalized breast cancer immunotherapy treatment. <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/treatment-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Visit our website<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to learn more about our cancer vaccines, cell therapies and other non-toxic immuno-oncology protocols.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers in the United Kingdom recently made an exciting breakthrough in breast cancer immunotherapy treatment. Ironically, the discovery they made was neither sought after nor expected. An accidental miracle? A group of surgeons at the University of Manchester set out to test the use of a two-drug combo on tumors between the times of diagnosis &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/09\/could-this-be-an-accidental-miracle-for-the-treatment-of-breast-cancer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Could this be an Accidental Miracle for the Treatment of Breast 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":[203,205,216,2],"tags":[243,481,452],"class_list":["post-2387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-research","category-immuno-oncology","category-immunotherapy","category-news","tag-breast-cancer","tag-breast-cancer-treatment","tag-immunotherapy-drugs"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387","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=2387"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387\/revisions\/2394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}