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Conventional Therapies and Treatments

‐ Surgery ‐

‐ Chemotherapy ‐
This is a category of cancer treatment that uses chemical substances, especially one or more anti‐cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents) that are given as part of
a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent, or it may aim to prolong life or to reduce symptoms (palliative
chemotherapy).

‐ Radiotherapy ‐
Uses ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells. Radiation therapy may be curative in a number of types of cancer if
they are localized to one area of the body.

‐ Immunotherapy ‐
These are treatments that restore or enhance the immune system’s ability to fight cancer

‐ Stimulated T Cell Therapy ‐
This is a form of passive immunization by the transfusion of T‐cells, which are cells of the immune system. They are found in blood and tissue and usually activate
when they find foreign pathogens. Specifically they activate when the T‐cell's surface receptors encounter other cells that display small parts of foreign proteins on
their surface MHC molecules, known as antigens. These can be either infected cells, or specialised immune cells known as antigen presenting cells. They are found
in normal tissue and in tumor tissue, where they are known as tumor infiltrating lymphocytes.

‐ Dendritic Cell Therapy ‐
This treatment involves the use of a personalised vaccine to retrain the immune system to recognise cancer cells as a threat to the body. Dendritic cells are found
in all blood vessels. These cells identify foreign substances, such as cancer cells in the body, process them and then help jump start the immune response to
destroy them by bringing them to the attention of the T cells. Often the dendritic cells are not very effective with this process. With Dendritic Cell Therapy, the
patient's own dendritic cells are treated and modified to be able to specifically train the T cells to attack and kill all cancer cells that have the same foreign
substance on their surface.