So it seems that for DCVax the surgery would have to be done in one UK hospital ,but for other vaccines it can be done at any hospital and storemytumor.com would pick up the tissue.
They gave me few links for clinics which make vaccines from such frozen tumor tissue and offer other immunotherapy options. I am wondering how those compare.
http://www.unifontis.net/en/therapies/cancer-vaccination/.
Anna,
ReplyDeleteI contacted the Meridian clinic in NY. Here's their reply:
It may be more
opportune to do this after you have completed a minimum of six months
of Temodar being that it will difficult logistically to be on
chemotherapy depressing your cell counts meanwhile attempting to
harvest white cells to produce a vaccine and vaccinating you with
cells which may be subject to the cytotoxic effects of the chemo if
not carefully timed.
Thanks Amber. That is very helpful.
DeleteHi Anna,
ReplyDeleteRecent findings report that chemotherapy and immunotherapy are synergistic. Timing of both therapies is critical.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20976448
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23423351