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Cancer and chronic disease cannot
exist in the presence of a fully functioning immune system.
Immunology and Cancer
Cancer is a serious illness that
demands the highest standards of medical practice. For any
treatment programs to be successful they should integrate all
treatment modalities from conventional and alternative medicine to
Eastern/herbal medicine. This is often termed comprehensive cancer
treatment or alternative cancer treatment, even though only a
portion of the cancer treatment utilizes elements from alternative
medicine. The Immune Recovery Centers of America are comprehensive
medical facilities utilizing the latest research discoveries of
conventional Western medicine integrated with proven Eastern
treatments and recent alternative medical developments.
Some forms of
immune therapy actually sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapy and
radiation treatment, while use of chemotherapy and radiation before
immune system therapy renders this therapy less effective.
The immune therapy of cancer involves more than immune boosting as
is accomplished by IV vitamin C and natural products. These are
important and are the first step toward immunotherapy. Correction of
immune imbalances, such as the infamous CD4/CD8 ratio and
overproduction of “suppressor” cells (often induced by the cancer
itself) are a second step which the Immune Recovery Centers consider
necessary for immune recovery. This second step is usually not
recognized in some complementary medical approaches. Failure to
include the second step means depending upon the boosted immune
system to figure out what it has not been able to do in the past and
to do it now.
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Call us at 1-866-471-4743 to arrange a
Free Telephone Consultation with an IRCA Medical Provider.
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Only when immune boosting and immune recovery have been accomplished can a true immunotherapy of cancer begin
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developed many mechanisms to protect itself from an immune
system designed to kill it. This resistance to immune attack has
now become part of the tumor’s biochemistry. Immune boosting
does not make the cancer more susceptible to immune attack, it
does allow an increase in the intensity of the immune attack,
and this is definitely a help. A major priority must be
overcoming the cancer induced “suppression” of certain immune
“attack” mechanisms. We call this contrasuppression and can
accomplish this through off-label use of existing drugs and
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Today
a compromised or dysfunctional immune system is recognized as
being a major component of most chronic diseases.
The immune system carries the burden of maintaining the health
and proper functioning of the entire body.
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The Immune Recovery Centers of
America are based on the premise that an intact and functioning
immune system is required to prevent chronic diseases such as
cancer, and that such diseases cannot be reversed unless the
compromised immune system is restored. Thus, the treatment
priority in our centers is immune recovery, which is the
building block of our program upon which we build our customized
treatment programs.
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IPT and Chemotherapy
of Cancer |
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Chemo agents are very unpopular with the
majority of cancer patients, and rightfully so - the toxic
side-effects are legendary. However, there are situations when
conventional chemotherapy can make the difference between a
successful surgery or no surgery at all, or life and death.
Often it becomes a question between quality of life vs. an
extension of life. Ultimately, this is the patient’s decision.
Much knowledge has been gained about chemo
agents; some extended uses have been ignored, such as single low
doses of some agents to assist in contrasuppression. Other
information is less often used, such as administering lower yet
more frequent doses to lessen the toxic effects. Least used and
understood is the effect of insulin to potentiate the activity
of the chemo agent(s).
Read more.
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In the News
 We
are pleased to announce the opening of our
Washington, DC, Clinic under the leadership of Dr. Snejana
Sharkar.
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Stem Cells
and Parkinson's
 The
IRCs and the Dept. of Immunology at a major Mexican university are
collaborating on clinical trials using a novel approach to treat some
degenerative diseases with autologus stem cells taken from the patients
themselves. The first trial involves Parkinson’s disease where
baseline data have already been established.
Click here
to learn more.
Correct Immune Deficiencies
 Our
treatment protocols need a fully functional immune system in order to
ensure optimal activity. Many
of
our patients require a detox process, which removes
cellular break-down products from the blood.
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Stimulate the Immune System
 A fully functioning immune system can sometimes not only be stimulated to start an immune anti-tumor action but also intensify its attack on the intruder.
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Intensify Anti-Tumor Action
This can be done in a variety of ways using selected cytokines such as
Il-2, alpha interferon, tumor necrosis factor, and GM colony stimulating
factor. The goal is to elicit a tumor rejection reaction, similar to a
tissue transplant rejection.
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