Immunotherapy
The oceans' most feared predator may well turn out to be the cancer patient's best friend.
Understanding Cancer When your immune system fails Side Effects of Chemotherapy & Radiation
Some common cancers are:-
Breast Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Lung Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Leukemia
Immunotherapy is the latest of scientific research on the fight against cancer.
Failure on the part of the immune system to do it's job effectively has a lot to do with the development of cancer and so instead of just focusing on how to kill cancer by means of radiation and chemotherapy scientist are now trying to find ways to stimulate the body's immune system to fight cancer in a way similar to the way it fights infections.
Immune system cells
work against disease, including cancer, in a variety of ways.
The Immune cells which we will focus on are:
Lymphocytes - the main type of immune cell, are white blood cells
found in the blood as well as in many other parts of the body. Lymphocytes
include B cells, T cells, and NK cells.
B cells (B lymphocytes) mature into plasma cells that
secrete antibodies (immunoglobulins), proteins that recognize and attach
to antigens.
T cells (T
lymphocytes) directly attack targeted foreign invaders. T cells direct and
regulate the immune response by signaling other immune system defenders. T
cells produce proteins called lymphokines, which are one type of
cytokine. Cytokines are powerful chemical substances that control a
number of cell activities, including the immune response.
NK cells (natural killer cells) destroy cancer cells by
producing powerful chemical substances that bind to and kill any foreign
invaders. Monocytes are white blood cells that travel into tissues and
develop, when needed, into macrophages, or "big eaters," as part of the
immune response. Monocytes and macrophages play a key role in phagocytosis,
a process by which some cells "eat" other cells and foreign invaders.
The Answer to
Cancer might just be to
Build your Immune System
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