{"id":2391,"date":"2016-06-16T03:28:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T08:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2016-06-09T09:13:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T14:13:23","slug":"immunotherapy-for-cancer-is-it-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/16\/immunotherapy-for-cancer-is-it-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Immunotherapy for Cancer &#8211; Is It Right for You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2359\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2359 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Depositphotos_52469285_xs-250x150.jpg\" alt=\"Could Immunotherapy Be Your Miracle Treatment?\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Could Immunotherapy Be Your Miracle Treatment?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">The concept of using your body&#8217;s own resources to fight cancer dates back more than 100 years, but <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">immunotherapy for cancer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> has recently emerged in the public eye thanks to incredible advancements over the last 10 years. Is this cutting-edge treatment right for you? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Functions of the immune system<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Traditional cancer treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy, have focused on fighting tumors from the &#8220;outside.&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancersupportcommunity.org\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/learn-about-cancer\/cancer-topics\/fact-sheet\/fsac_your_immune_system_cancer_treatment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Immunotherapy <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">is different because it involves boosting your immune system&#8217;s ability to attack cancer cells naturally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/02\/what-is-the-immunobiologic-core-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">immune system<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> operates much like an army, with each cell having a specific duty that contributes to the overall function.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u2022 Cells on the &#8220;front line&#8221; recognize foreign bodies that have entered your system. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u2022 Other cells take on the actual &#8220;battle&#8221; of attacking and defeating those invaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u2022 &#8220;Messenger&#8221; cells tie everything together by facilitating communications between the cells.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">How immunotherapy helps your body fight cancer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Cancer presents a unique challenge for this normally efficient process. Since cancer cells develop from your body&#8217;s own cells, the immune system has difficulty recognizing them, which gives these mutated cells a chance to multiply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/19\/the-unquestionable-game-changer-in-cancer-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Immunotherapy for cancer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> involves complex interactions, but they generally fall into one of two categories. Some treatments make cancer cells more identifiable to your immune system. Others boost your system&#8217;s immune response, which includes actions such as blocking certain factors that enable growth of a tumor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Our Issels\u00ae center has been successfully using immunotherapy for cancer for more than 60 years. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/testimonials-updates-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Visit our website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> to read and watch testimonials from patients of all ages who have benefited from our personalized non-toxic treatments.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The concept of using your body&#8217;s own resources to fight cancer dates back more than 100 years, but immunotherapy for cancer has recently emerged in the public eye thanks to incredible advancements over the last 10 years. Is this cutting-edge treatment right for you? Functions of the immune system Traditional cancer treatments, such as radiation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/16\/immunotherapy-for-cancer-is-it-right-for-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Immunotherapy for Cancer &#8211; Is It Right for You?<\/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":[202,216],"tags":[529,219],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-immunotherapy","tag-alternative-cancer-treatments","tag-immunotherapy"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391","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=2391"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions\/2396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}