The Promise of Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment
Breast Cancer
Immunotherapy is hailed as the new frontier in cancer treatment and Dr. Steven Rosenberg is its pioneer. Dr. Rosenberg is Chief of Surgery at the National Cancer Institute. One of his first ever surgeries, some forty years ago, involved a man whose cancer had disappeared.
“This patient had undergone one of the rarest events in all of medicine,” he says. “The spontaneous regression of a widespread cancer in the absence of any therapy. Somehow this patient’s body had learned how to destroy his own cancer.” That case set Dr. Rosenberg off on a four decades-long investigation into the possibilities of immunotherapy, researching how to harness the body’s own ability to fight cancer.
His advice following a cancer diagnosis: seek out multiple opinions and find a doctor who is up to date with the latest information so you can make the best decisions for your treatment.
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.
Immunotherapy is hailed as the new frontier in cancer treatment and Dr. Steven Rosenberg is its pioneer. Dr. Rosenberg is Chief of Surgery at the National Cancer Institute. One of his first ever surgeries, some forty years ago, involved a man whose cancer had disappeared.
“This patient had undergone one of the rarest events in all of medicine,” he says. “The spontaneous regression of a widespread cancer in the absence of any therapy. Somehow this patient’s body had learned how to destroy his own cancer.” That case set Dr. Rosenberg off on a four decades-long investigation into the possibilities of immunotherapy, researching how to harness the body’s own ability to fight cancer.
His advice following a cancer diagnosis: seek out multiple opinions and find a doctor who is up to date with the latest information so you can make the best decisions for your treatment.
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.
Treatment: Choosing Your Treatment
Treatment: Early Stages
Hormone Treatments
A mastectomy involves removing the breast – a treatment route many patients with breast cancer feel they will have no choice but to undergo. But it’s not the only surgical option.
Surgery
A mastectomy involves removing the breast – a treatment route many patients with breast cancer feel they will have no choice but to undergo. But it’s not the only surgical option.
Explaining the Options
For patients who do have to have their breasts or a piece of their breasts removed, there are a number of surgical reconstruction options available.
Reconstruction
For patients who do have to have their breasts or a piece of their breasts removed, there are a number of surgical reconstruction options available.
Lymphedema is a chronic swelling that can occur after breast cancer surgery and radiation.
Lymphedema
Lymphedema is a chronic swelling that can occur after breast cancer surgery and radiation.