Pros & Cons of Immunotherapy

The human immune system is made up of white blood cells, organs, and tissues of the lymph system, like bone marrow. The main job of the human immune system is to help the host body fight off disease to stay healthy.

Immunotherapy drugs are aiding the activity of the immune system to work harder and get rid of cancer cells.

Various immunotherapy drugs are approved in the new world of oncology to fight cancer. Hundreds of tested clinical trials of immunotherapy can be availed and the best way to join is guidance from Dr. Tara Chand Gupta.

Dr. Tara Chand Gupta suggests immunotherapy as the latest treatment of cancer; still! There’s a lot to discuss about the Pros & Cons of Immunotherapy- before deciding if it’s right for you or your loved one.

Following are the benefits of immunotherapy- making it a good choice of treatment:-

1. Immunotherapy work in cases where other treatments fail in some cancers (like skin cancer) that don’t respond well to radiation or chemotherapy regimen and start to go away after immunotherapy.
2. Now New studies showed that Immunotherapy can be given in a new case also like in Lung Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Head and Neck cancers, Colorectal Cancer, Malignant Melanoma, Gastric Cancer and Breast Cancer
3. Recent advancement shows that Immunotherapy can also be given in patients who respond to prior Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Like- Esophageal Cancer, Lung Cancer, and Bladder Cancer.
4. Immunotherapy helps other cancer treatments to work better.
5. Immunotherapy causes fewer side effects than other treatments. This is because it targets just your immune system and not all the cells in your body.
6. Immunotherapy aids the immune system to learn-memorize and guide to go after cancer cells in case they ever come back. Thus, immunotherapy helps to stay cancer-free for a longer time.
7. Researches showed that if the patient is responding to immunotherapy for at least 6 months then the patient lives longer.

 Immunotherapy holds a lot of promise as a cancer treatment in a new era of oncology treatment. Still, risks are associated with immunotherapy:

1. Area, where the immunotherapy medication goes into the body, could:

• Hurt
• itch
• swell
• turn red
• get sore

2. In certain types of immunotherapy following side effects:

• Flu
• complete with fever
• chills
• fatigue

3. Other immunotherapy in some cases could cause minor problems like:

• Swelling
• weight gain due to extra fluids
• heart palpitations
• stuffy head
• diarrhea

4. Immunotherapy can also harm organs and systems by causing host immune system to attack organs like your heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, or intestines.( but it is in <5 % patients)- and Can be managed with proper treatment
5. Immunotherapy no matter takes longer to work than other treatments and the patient’s cancer may not go away quickly.

Get more information on which immunotherapy is best in the case of breast cancer diagnosis of your loved one or you by best medical oncologist in Jaipur – Dr. Tara Chand Gupta of the city having vast experience in treating Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancers, Lymphoma. He can be reached at https://www.drtarachand.com/