Immunotherapy in Israel, Germany, Turkey and other countries can be used as the main or additional method of therapy. So, in the first stages of the disease, it is usually used together with chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery. In these cases, the task of immunotherapy is to destroy the smallest cancer cells that could remain after the destruction of the tumor, and provide a long period of remission. With metastatic cancer, this type of treatment can be the main one. According to researchers, at the stage of formation of metastases, immunotherapy can reduce the size of the tumor by up to 60%.
Before a patient is given immunotherapy, studies are conducted to determine how sensitive cancer cells in the body will be to this type of treatment. For this, several analyzes are done: cytogenetic, immunogenetic, and immunophenotyping.
There are two types of immunotherapy:
Local. The immunotherapy drug is injected directly into the tumor area.
System. The drug is administered intravenously.
The name of the drug, dose and number of procedures are prescribed individually.