Lung Cancer

Issels lung cancer treatment strategy applies to all types and stages of the disease. In lung cancer patients the body's regulatory, repair and defense mechanisms fail to prevent formation of a cancerous tumor. This failure is called by some researchers a regulatory freeze or tolerance which is due to a combination of causal factors that vary from one individual patient to the other. In each lung cancer patient, however, this regulatory freeze has led to an internal terrain, a soil, that promotes the development and multiplication of the cells. The comprehensive immunotherapy is designed to break through this regulatory freeze. Treatment modalities contribute to tumor remissions through working mechanisms on the levels of lung cancer cell-mediated and humoral immunities.