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June 11, 2013 by Pat F. Bass III, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Provenge Success Stories
provenge success storiesProvenge success stories provide hope for prostate cancer patients. Richard Hamablet is a 15-year prostate cancer survivor who has been through multiple prostate cancer treatments, but the cancer always returned. He recently underwent a new therapy for advanced prostate cancer called Provenge.
According to Dr. Vikas Malhora, M.D., of Florida cancer specialists, Provenge is unique because it is the first immune therapy not just for prostate cancer, but for any cancer. Basically, your own white blood cells are taken from from your body and then cultured in a special lab with a specific protein or antigen that will stimulate your own innate immunity against your prostate cancer cells. When the infusion is given back to you, your cells will attack the prostate cancer cells. According to Dr. Malhora your body loses its ability to recognize the prostate cancer cells as foreign in the same way your body recognizes and attacks an infection. Following the Provenge vaccine, your body better identifies prostate cancer cells and begins to again attack them as foreign.
While Hamablet experienced a few side effects like headache and a flu-like syndrome, he tolerated the Provenge vaccine well. ...
After receiving the Provenge vaccine Hamablet had an MRI that was unable to detect his prostate cancer. Both he and his doctor are hopeful. He recommends that all men with advance prostate cancer talk with their doctor to see if they might be a good candidate for the vaccine. ...
Another in a line of Provenge success stories, Bejamin Acob, a stage 4 prostate cancer patient, said the collection and infusion process only took a few hours. He was particularly happy when his cancer treatment center, the Comprehensive Blood and Cancer Center, became the first center in California to be able to both harvest and deliver the Provenge vaccine. This prevented him from having to make a long trip into Los Angeles for the harvesting and treatment. ...
According to Dr. Malhora, immune therapy is one of the newest, exciting realms in the fight against prostate cancer. we expect to hear of many more Provenge success stories in the years to come.
June 11, 2013 by Pat F. Bass III, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Provenge Success Stories
provenge success storiesProvenge success stories provide hope for prostate cancer patients. Richard Hamablet is a 15-year prostate cancer survivor who has been through multiple prostate cancer treatments, but the cancer always returned. He recently underwent a new therapy for advanced prostate cancer called Provenge.
According to Dr. Vikas Malhora, M.D., of Florida cancer specialists, Provenge is unique because it is the first immune therapy not just for prostate cancer, but for any cancer. Basically, your own white blood cells are taken from from your body and then cultured in a special lab with a specific protein or antigen that will stimulate your own innate immunity against your prostate cancer cells. When the infusion is given back to you, your cells will attack the prostate cancer cells. According to Dr. Malhora your body loses its ability to recognize the prostate cancer cells as foreign in the same way your body recognizes and attacks an infection. Following the Provenge vaccine, your body better identifies prostate cancer cells and begins to again attack them as foreign.
While Hamablet experienced a few side effects like headache and a flu-like syndrome, he tolerated the Provenge vaccine well. ...
After receiving the Provenge vaccine Hamablet had an MRI that was unable to detect his prostate cancer. Both he and his doctor are hopeful. He recommends that all men with advance prostate cancer talk with their doctor to see if they might be a good candidate for the vaccine. ...
Another in a line of Provenge success stories, Bejamin Acob, a stage 4 prostate cancer patient, said the collection and infusion process only took a few hours. He was particularly happy when his cancer treatment center, the Comprehensive Blood and Cancer Center, became the first center in California to be able to both harvest and deliver the Provenge vaccine. This prevented him from having to make a long trip into Los Angeles for the harvesting and treatment. ...
According to Dr. Malhora, immune therapy is one of the newest, exciting realms in the fight against prostate cancer. we expect to hear of many more Provenge success stories in the years to come.