Cancer treatment has always been a difficulty that needs to be overcome in modern medical treatment. We want to find a better treatment plan so that cancer patients will suffer less pain and achieve better treatment effects. In recent years, many treatment methods have indeed been updated, and cancer patients have more choices than before.
Even if you are a terminal patient, as long as you don't give up, the doctor will find a way to formulate a reasonable treatment plan. There are some treatments that can extend the survival period of terminal cancer patients and allow cancer patients to achieve long-term survival with cancer. One of the treatments I’m going to talk about today is immunotherapy. What kind of immunotherapy is
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Previously, the immunotherapy that attracted more attention was CAR-T therapy, and some people have already performed this therapy. Not long ago, the Medical Department of the Global Oncology Doctor Network shared the good news that was the first batch of patients to receive this immunotherapy. Three cancer patients have achieved long-term cancer survival. After treatment, there has been no recurrence or metastasis for more than 10 years. Among them, one patient has even achieved a cure effect, and has become cancer-free. for 10 years.
All the tumors in the body have been eliminated. Such good news is a big surprise for everyone. However, the cost of this treatment is still a bit high, 3 million per injection, which is unacceptable to most people. . In addition, this type of immunotherapy also has a disadvantage, that is, there are limitations in the cancers that can be treated. It is not suitable for all cancers, but it has better effects on blood tumors.
In order to allow more patients to enjoy this treatment, scientific researchers are constantly innovating research. Finally, a new immunotherapy method has emerged, which is CAR-NK, which is similar to CAR-T There are many different aspects of therapy, and it is a way that cancer patients can look forward to. It will have very good results in the treatment of hematological tumors and solid tumors.
The original immunotherapy has been able to effectively identify cancer cells and has a better effect in killing cancer cells. The new immunotherapy has made great improvements based on the original. First of all, it is recognized in On cancer cells , it will be more precise , and it can also kill cancer cells more efficiently.
What are the advantages of new immunotherapy?
has a wider range of treatments
The main difference between it and CAR-T is that the treatment of cancer will be more extensive and will not be restricted. To put it simply, it does not use antigen-specific to trigger it, but can directly use NK cells To achieve precise anti-cancer , it will have better results in gene editing engineered cell therapy and independent amplification and reinfusion.
The price is relatively low
This kind of therapy is not like the old method in the past. One preparation can only be used for one patient. There is no need to specifically match the patient's condition with the transplant host. Instead, one transplant host can be used for multiple patients. Each patient can use it immediately, because there are many spare parts, which is more convenient. In this way, a lot of costs are saved, and the treatment cost will be lower accordingly.
There are few adverse reactions
This new type of immunotherapy is to transplant cells from the human body, then process the transplanted tissue, and then apply it to cancer patients to perform immunotherapy. Generally speaking, , there will be no adverse reactions. It is not like an organ transplant, so there is no problem of matching or mismatching.
Suffering from cancer is not a death sentence. Some cancers can be cured.
After most cancer patients are diagnosed with cancer, their first thought is that they will not live long and think that they are hopeless. Cancer is indeed difficult to treat, and many people die from cancer every year. However, this does not mean that all cancers do not have good treatment effects. You need to understand clearly that some cancers can be cured.
is like early stage cancer. If most cancers can be detected early, the cure rate is relatively high. For some cancers that are not highly malignant, the cure rate is even higher. For example, thyroid cancer, development It is relatively slow. After early detection, surgical resection is performed, and chemotherapy is used to consolidate the effect. If you can cooperate with a good lifestyle, it may not be difficult to achieve cure.
Some people will say that late stage means waiting to die. There is absolutely no difference between treatment and no treatment. It is better not to treat. However, some people die faster after treatment and will resist treatment. But I don't know that there are some late-stage cancers whose treatment effects are also good and can achieve a cured state. Even if they cannot, the patient's life can be extended as much as possible.
Late-stage cancer patients, if the type of cancer they suffer from is not refractory, and they actively cooperate with the treatment, their mentality is relatively good, and they have a good lifestyle, they can still achieve the disappearance of all cancers in the body, for example Blood, lymphatic system or reproductive organ cancers will have good results after reasonable treatment.
In fact, getting cancer is not scary. What is scary is giving up on oneself, giving up without making any efforts, not trusting modern medicine enough, and not trusting oneself. This plays into the hands of cancer cells and allows them to survive. Fight and win.
Cancer is a feared disease, but it does not mean that it is completely hopeless. If you can have more trust in doctors and modern medicine, actively cooperate with treatment, and do not blindly believe in rumors, you may be able to gain more survival for yourself. the term.
Reference:
1. "Which cancers can be cured?" 》·Dr. Lilac·2016.10.13
