Complete Long Term Remission of an Advanced Recurring Osteosarcoma through pre-and post-operative Immunobiological Issels Treatment
Patient A. A., Born 1890, File 312/59
11 years cancer free without any further recurrence, patient leading a normal life, fully fit for work.
TREATMENT HISTORY First Diagnosis | Standard Treatment | Issels Treatment
September 1958
Diagnosis: Sarcoma of the left tibia.
Histology: Osteosarcoma.
Treatment: Surgery and post-operative radiation therapy.
Standard/ Conventional Treatment
February to August 1959
Four recurrences whereof three were surgically removed. No standard treatment of 4th recurrence.
August 1959
Admission exam: At the anterior side of the lower leg 10 x 3,5 cm, 2,5 cm deep skin-muscle-bone defect filled with numerous circular tumors of lentil to walnut size. 10 cm below this area cherry-sized skin metastasis. Patient is being prepared for surgery by immunobiological treatment.
August to October 1959
Issels Treatment: 8 weeks of immunobiological in-patient treatment.
November 1959
Amputation followed by 6 months of immunobiological Issels Treatment home program.
Histology: Macronuclear spindle cell sarcoma.
The combination of standard treatment with the immunobiological treatment reduced the risk of recurrence and lung metastases which are common after surgery of osteosarcomas.
Follow-up until 1971
11 years cancer free without any further recurrence, patient leading a normal life, fully fit for work.
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