{"id":3635,"date":"2023-03-29T08:32:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=3635"},"modified":"2023-03-29T09:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:36:55","slug":"why-some-cancers-are-resistant-to-traditional-therapies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/29\/why-some-cancers-are-resistant-to-traditional-therapies\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Some Cancers are Resistant to Traditional Therapies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Advances in cancer treatment<\/a>\u00a0allow for precision targeting of cells that cause damage. The flip side is that some cancers can become resistant<\/a> to these traditional therapies. What are the factors behind this concerning development?<\/p>\n

Mutations vs. Behavioral Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s well-established that cancer is a genetic disease. Changes in DNA, whether they’re random accidents or caused by carcinogens such as tobacco or UV rays<\/a>, result in cancer by altering the way cells grow and multiply.<\/p>\n

In some cases, cancer cells will mutate in such a way as\u00a0to “dodge” the effects of treatment. However, in cases that doctors are observing with targeted chemotherapy, DNA remains the same and it’s the gene activity that changes. Epigenetic signals, a layer of regulators that control the activity of genes, are at the core of this new resistance.<\/p>\n

Melamoma and Treatment Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scientists at the Systems Biology and Cancer Metabolism Lab at the University of California, Merced studied melanoma to gain some insight into this development. Melanoma<\/a> is a particularly aggressive form\u00a0of skin cancer that’s often caused by prolonged exposure to\u00a0ultraviolet rays.<\/p>\n

UV damage can cause mutations in a major signaling regulator known as BRAF. This protein is responsible for signaling cells regarding when to grow and divide and when to stop. Mutations triggered by UV rays cause BRAF to leave the growth signal turned on, leaving cancer cells to multiply unchecked.<\/p>\n

Initially, targeted chemotherapy can successfully restore BRAF’s “off switch.” In some cases, rather than mutating further, cells “learn” how to bypass BRAF altogether, continuing their growth.<\/p>\n

Personalized Cancer Treatment for Advanced Cases<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Issels\u00ae, our personalized immunotherapy programs have often achieved success after traditional methods have been exhausted. Visit our website<\/a> for more information, including testimonials from patients<\/a> in long-term remission after undergoing our non-toxic cancer treatment.<\/p>\n

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Advances in cancer treatment\u00a0allow for precision targeting of cells that cause damage. The flip side is that some cancers can become resistant to these traditional therapies. What are the factors behind this concerning development? Mutations vs. Behavioral Changes It’s well-established that cancer is a genetic disease. Changes in DNA, whether they’re random accidents or caused … Continue reading Why Some Cancers are Resistant to Traditional Therapies<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[580,1],"tags":[539,212,224],"class_list":["post-3635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancer-treatment","category-uncategorized","tag-cancer-immunotherapy","tag-cancer-research","tag-cancer-treatment"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","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=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3637,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions\/3637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}