Immunotherapy Archives

Exercise may prevent, and treatment made easier with Cancer – Good advice by Harold Gunatillake Cancer is a dreaded disease on the increase globally, a disease we do not want to have, even our enemies. Did you know that one in three people in Denmark develop cancer? In 2014, around 267,500 Danes lived with cancer diagnosis. The WHO age standardized incidence of breast cancer in Sri Lanka was observed to have increased from 9.2 per 100,000 in 2001 In a population of 20 million people, 23,530 new cases of breast cancer, and 14,013 cases have died, in a survey done in 2018. The incidence of cancer seems to be high in Sri Lanka due to the poor lifestyles, consuming processed foods much cheaper and tastier on the taste buds, than un-processed foods, and having no time for exercise. The incidence of colorectal and prostatic cancer among males, seems to be ...

Immunotherapy is an emerging technique to kill cancer cells Written by Dr harold Gunatillake FRCS, FICS, FIACS, AM (Sing), MBBS Health writer For decades, cancer has been treated with invasive procedures like surgery, combined with non-invasive- radio and chemo therapy. Some cancers are also controlled through hormone therapy specifically for those hormone dependant cancers of the breast post conventional therapy. If cancer is detected in the early stages excisional surgery could be 100% cure. If the cancer cells have spread beyond its local boundaries, say into the regional lymph glands then regional radiotherapy is planned in addition to primary elective surgery. When spread beyond the regional lymph glands –chemotherapy is added as an adjuvant therapy to kill ‘metastatic cancer cells’ in the distant sites. The problem with non-invasive procedures is that normally functioning healthy cells also get harmed, revealed by hair loss, gastro-intestinal symptoms, tiredness, lethargy loss of appetite, and ...