{"id":2639,"date":"2017-03-14T02:44:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T07:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2639"},"modified":"2017-03-10T11:48:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T16:48:17","slug":"major-growth-in-immunotherapy-for-cancer-expected-before-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/14\/major-growth-in-immunotherapy-for-cancer-expected-before-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Growth in Immunotherapy for Cancer Expected Before 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2640\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2640 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Depositphotos_34474475_xs-250x150.jpg\" alt=\"Immunotherapy is Growing!\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immunotherapy is Growing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Have you been noticing the topic of <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\">cancer immunotherapy<\/a> in news and advertisements? Expect to see it more often in the near future as experts predict <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/pr\/3195326\">a significant increase in the market<\/a> by the year 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Is Immunotherapy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Immunotherapy is the general term for treating disease by affecting the immune system. Suppression immunotherapy restrains the immune system as opposed to cancer immunotherapy, which focuses on <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/18\/non-specific-cancer-immunotherapy-stimulates-the-immune-system\/\">activating the immune response<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The immune system is the network that keeps your body safe from viruses, bacteria and other disease-causing organisms. When a foreign substance enters your system, it triggers an immune response to eliminate the threat.<\/p>\n<p>Many types of cancer cells have the ability to slide &#8220;under the radar&#8221; and avoid detection by immune cells, giving them the opportunity to multiply and travel to other parts of the body. Immunotherapy works to remove the &#8220;shield&#8221; around cancer cells and help the immune system do its job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Has Immunotherapy Become So Important?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cancer immunotherapy treatments are created to specifically target cancer cells, so they have been useful against increasingly diverse forms of cancer.<\/li>\n<li>Immunotherapy has <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/19\/coping-with-the-side-effects-of-traditional-cancer-treatment\/\">fewer side effects<\/a> than traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation.<\/li>\n<li>Many immunotherapy treatments have proved to be successful, encouraging continued research and development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Issels\u00ae: An Integrative Approach to Cancer Treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more than 50 years, Issels\u00ae has been a leader in the development and use of <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/about-us\/\">innovative immunotherapy programs<\/a>. No two cases of cancer are the same, and we use comprehensive testing to formulate personalized treatments. <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/treatment-summary\/\">Visit our website<\/a> for more information about our non-toxic therapies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been noticing the topic of cancer immunotherapy in news and advertisements? Expect to see it more often in the near future as experts predict a significant increase in the market by the year 2020. What Is Immunotherapy? Immunotherapy is the general term for treating disease by affecting the immune system. Suppression immunotherapy restrains &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/14\/major-growth-in-immunotherapy-for-cancer-expected-before-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Major Growth in Immunotherapy for Cancer Expected Before 2020<\/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":[202,216,538],"tags":[219,514],"class_list":["post-2639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-immunotherapy","category-immunotherapy-for-cancer","tag-immunotherapy","tag-integrative-immunotherapy"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639","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=2639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions\/2641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}