July 2017

Last week we discussed the importance of host immunity in survival of the cancer patient and how we evaluate that immunity. Now we want to briefly tell you what we do with that information about a cancer patients immune system. Cancer vaccines may be used as additional (adjuvant) treatment after completion of the standard of […]

Now that we have discussed the importance of evaluating a cancer patient’s immune system before any treatment is started, we will discuss the specific blood tests we use to get a detailed summary of a person’s immune system. Complete Blood Count (CBC) – this blood test gives information on a person’s red blood cells (RBC), white

As we have previously written, most patients with cancer are treated with some combination of either surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation treatment. The patient’s immune system is often ignored during the current treatment of cancer.  We have published numerous papers on the importance of studying and treating the cancer patients immune system also know as host

A cancer treatment that has recently received a lot of attention in medical reports and even to the public by TV ads. Some great results have been achieved in some patients, but in my opinion there is still much to be done. We are still too much involved with treating the disease and often forgetting