Latest Therapy Helps Millions of Suffering Patients of Cancer

by Apac Biotech Cancer Treatment Specialist

Cancer is a deadly disease killing millions of people across the globe. Traditional methods of treatment to fight cancer which has been accepted by the Oncologists are the; surgery, chemotherapy and Radiation. The traditional methods have their own limitations which have now opened doors to develop novel approach to treat cancer one such approach which is also being considered as Immunotherapy which is also being considered as a Latest Therapy for Cancer. It is basically Immunotherapy. Immunotherapy which involves the concept that body’s natural defense system protects against the disease.

One of the aspect of Immunotherapy is Dendritic cell Therapy which is a latest therapy for Treatment of Cancer and is being extensively being used globally. Dendritic cells are antigen presenting cells with the potential to stimulate the immune system.

Ralph Steinmann was the scientist who discovered the role of dendritic cell therapy in the Cancer Treatment for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2011. Dendritic cell therapy which is administrated to the patients is prepared by culturing the Peripheral blood Mononuclear cells in the lab in presence of certain nutrients and rein fuse the matured dendritic cells back to the patient.

Once these matured dendritic cells are infused to the patients they migrate to the lymph nodes, proliferate the T cells which inturn secrete certain chemokine’s that help to attack the cancer cells. This latest therapy (Dendritic cell therapy) is going to help the millions of suffering with the disease globally.