After all conventional options of cancer treatment began to fail, doctors in Pune decided to treat a patient with immunotherapy as a last means to battle the disease
Pune saw its first patient who underwent immunotherapy in the last week. Ramesh Bhise (name changed) (48), who is suffering from prostate cancer, was being treated with the combination of chemotherapy and radiation. But his battle with cancer was far from over. As a last resort, doctors decided to use immunotherapy as a means to […]
Allergy shots may require a lot of time and effort, but the benefits of allergy shots can be life-changing and long-lasting for people of all ages. Their effectiveness for children and young adults is well known, and a 2016 study also found that they can be effective for older adults as well
Do allergy shots really work? Allergies—whether they’re seasonal or year-round—can put a serious damper on quality of life; in some cases, they can even be deadly. But for certain types of allergies, allergen immunotherapy (commonly known as allergy shots) can be a big help. They may require a lot of time and effort, but the […]
Celine Ryan, 50, has an unusual genetic makeup that allowed treatment to work. She is now cancer-free, though not considered cured. Treatment was a form of immunotherapy
The remarkable recovery of a woman with advanced colon cancer, after treatment with cells from her own immune system, may lead to new options for thousands of other patients with colon or pancreatic cancer, researchers are reporting. Her treatment was the first to successfully target a common cancer mutation that scientists have tried to attack […]
While the idea of using T cells looked promising in theory, scientists now face a number of hurdles before turning it into practice. One such challenge - the focus of the new study - is how to identify a readily accessible pool of tumor-specific T cells
The study – published in the journal Science Immunology – is the work of a team led by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) in Seattle, WA. Immunotherapy is an exciting new field in the fight against cancer that uses cells from the patient’s own immune system to tackle the disease. […]
The future of cancer treatment may eventually transition from ‘one pill for all’ to ‘an individualized treatment’ based on each patient’s cancer
The major differences between the traditional treatment means of cancer, namely chemotherapy and radiation and what are now termed as ‘revolutionary’ immune-based therapies are as follows. The so called chemo drugs are largely nonspecific in that they are equally toxic to cancer and normal cells. Thus, in spite of their proven efficacy in controlling a […]
Rather than directly attacking cancer cells, this therapy strengthens and trains the patient's own immune cells to fight the disease
Doctors were bewildered when they went through the case sheet of a woman who was diagnosed with advanced stage cervical cancer nearly 10 years ago. More than a year after a full dose of radiotherapy, cancer had spread to the lung. By then the disease should have claimed her life. Yet, she continues to visit […]
The remarkable recovery of a woman with advanced colon cancer, after treatment with cells from her own immune system, may lead to new options for thousands of other patients with colon or pancreatic cancer, researchers are reporting. Her treatment was the first to successfully target a common cancer mutation that scientists have tried to attack 
The major differences between the traditional treatment means of cancer, namely chemotherapy and radiation and what are now termed as ‘revolutionary’ immune-based therapies are as follows. The so called chemo drugs are largely nonspecific in that they are equally toxic to cancer and normal cells. Thus, in spite of their proven efficacy in controlling a 
Doctors were bewildered when they went through the case sheet of a woman who was diagnosed with advanced stage cervical cancer nearly 10 years ago. More than a year after a full dose of radiotherapy, cancer had spread to the lung. By then the disease should have claimed her life. Yet, she continues to visit