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#40206 08-17-2006 07:14 AM
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Does anyone have any information on immunotheraphy treatments? What is it? How does it help? What do you do after surgery, after radiation, after chemo to build the immune system. How do you find the right clinic or person (who isn't a quack) to start complimentary or alternarive approaches after the fact? Thanks!
Marianne


dob 12/22/45
2002 DX SCC Stge 4,tumor lft sde tongue,surgery

2005 recur Stge 4 tumor lft side tongue
surgery, flap, XRT
2010 recurr. Stge 4, tumor rt sde tongue
surgery, flap, chemo, radiat. Port, PEG
2010 Peritonitis, liver abc., bacter. infections
2011 Exposed jawb. HBO
#40207 08-18-2006 05:56 PM
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This is a link to the ACS which has a page about immunotherapy: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/eto_1_3_Immunotherapy.asp

And a link to NCI about immunotherapy:
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/immunesystem/Slide33

Here is a link from Quackwatch of things and persons to watch out for: http://www.quackwatch.org/search/webglimpse.cgi?ID=1&query=immunotherapy

There are a lot of snake oil persons in this business so beware.


Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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