My husband has ground glass nodules in his lungs after a lobectomy. I have been researching Dendritic cell vaccine therapy. Has anyone out there had this treatment please. Would be so grateful for feedback
Do you know what mutations your husband's cancer showed? There are many types of immunotherapy and they each aim to induce a response from a very specific part of the immune system?
Have your husband's oncology doctors suggested immunotherapy as a next step?
I am also very keen to find out about this treatment; I have spoken with Immucura, one of the leading providers of this treatment. I am totally cynical about it and have yet to be convinced that it works. It is not at all cheap at £40,000 per 6-month session.
I guess it gets down to what you mean by "it works".
Like all immunotherapies, it's effective for some people for at least a while. Although it's been around for a couple of decades now, it was initially only used in specific types of advanced cancers so we don't really have the data yet to assess whether it is more effective in the long term than targeted therapy or other types of immunotherapy.
Hi Lolie... sorry for late reply. It's fast paced when cancer infilitrates a household. yes we know his mutations... but its all chinese to us. We are having a few meetings with dendritic clinics... lets see
Yes Thumpa58... it is expensive.. though not sure why. Immacura in spain offer that price.. but I think they only include one vaccine. I am told you need four.
It's expensive because it has to be individually produced for each patient, grown from their own cells. There's still a huge difference in price per dose in different countries, though.
