Last week I attended the table talk about immunotherapy. During this talk I was able to learn about this interesting type of treatment that seeks to induce, enhance, or suppress or the body’s own immune response to fight diseases it sometimes gets tricked by. One very popular disease researchers want to implement this form of treatment is for cancer. Because there are numerous types of cancers, which also vary person to person, creating a common treatment for all cancers is not likely, but it has been implemented for the treatment of some cancers, including lung cancer, leukemia, and melanoma.
Immunotherapy, or biologic therapy, uses substances made by the body or in a lab to reinforce the patients own immune response. Immunotherapy can help the body slow or stop the growth of tumors, and even make it better at getting rid of cancerous cells.
Cancer affects a great many people, and it is always interesting to see how the treatment for this disease is changing due to all innovations in the field. Immunotherapy is a growing solution for treatment, because it utilizes the body’s own immune system in fighting disease, which causes fewer negative consequences, unlike with most of the popular treatments, especially chemotherapy. I look forward to watching this treatment increase in effectiveness.
This is a really interesting treatment! I think we often generalize cancer as being one illness that we can develop a cure all for, but there are tons of variations. Using the body’s pre existing methods for fighting illness is a great idea, hopefully immunotherapy continues to make developments. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the table talk!
I myself would love to learn more about immunotherapy and how medical treatments continue to advance! I know very little about the field of medicine and in hindsight, this would have been a great talk to attend! I am glad to have at least gotten this knowledge you shared.
Immunotherapy sounds really cool! I am a huge supporter of using all-natural solutions for health problems because the side effects of medicine are so extreme. The toll they take on our bodies does not justify the temporary relief they give us in my opinion. Ayurvedic treatment which is using plant based medicine to solve medical problems. The only issue with this type of treatment is that it is an extremely slow process. For instance, it would take over a week to cure a cough whereas modern medicine would take a couple of hours.
I agree with immunotherapy which is a technique of the now and the future but I also feel like what we eat also plays a role in cancer. If we can practice healthier diets starting younger we can progressively prevent this.