Does anyone know The Issels Treatment Center?

April 23, 2004

Hi all

Has anyone heard of this centre ?

My sister has terminal cancer and thinks that this place will cure her.

Does anyone know anyone who has successfully attended this course ?

INFORMATION ON THE ISSELS TREATMENT CENTER AT OASIS OF HOPE HOSPITAL

The Issels Treatment is a comprehensive immunobiological approach that has

achieved complete long term remission of a great variety of advanced cancers

which had failed conventional therapies. The treatment strategy places equal

importance on the removal of the cancerous tumor as on the elimination of causes

and preconditions that have contributed to the development of the tumor.

Many examples of documented long-term remissions can be reviewed on the internet

website www.issels.com under Cases. These cases are not representative of all of

the types of cancer successfully treated, but are meant to demonstrate the

regenerative power of the body even in advanced stages of the disease.

The core treatments in detail and pictures of the hospital can be found on

www.issels.com/reply_oasis.asp. Patient testimonials under "Click here to read

what patients are saying about the Issels Treatment Center" may answer many of

the questions usually asked. Statistical studies and publications by Josef M.

Issels, M.D. and other authors provide more scientific information and can be

read on www.issels.com under Publications and Statistics.

The Oasis Hospital is a full service hospital meeting all US standards. Patients

come from all parts of the world and about 80% are from the US. All physicians

are fluent in English and Spanish, as are most of the nurses and other staff

members. Interpreters are available upon request.

In addition to all specialty medical services, the hospital offers many

activities that are conducive for healing and very much appreciated by the

patients and their companions. Patients and their companions are encouraged to

get together in the community rooms for educational lectures, videos, art

therapy, sing-alongs, games etc. Outdoor activities such as strolls by the

nearby ocean are recommended. A special area is designated for meditation and

prayers, if so desired.

The Oasis of Hope Hospital is located two blocks from the Pacific Ocean, in

Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, just across the border from San Diego, California.

The hospital driver welcomes arriving patients at the baggage claim area of the

San Diego International airport and escorts them in a 40-minute ride to the

hospital at no additional charge. Prices for an intensive 3-week in-patient

treatment may range up to USD 30.000 and for an intensive 4-week in-patient

treatment up to USD 36,000 including the supply of the vaccines for several

months. For qualified patients shorter programs may apply.

Each of the above prices include one companion free of charge in the same large

room, the diet (organic food, antioxidants, nutraceuticals, enzymes, glandular

extracts etc.), all the medications and treatments that will be listed in the

treatment protocol, the blood oxygenation, the 3-month supply of the autologous

Issels vaccine made from the patient's own blood, the 6-month supply of the

immune boosting Coley's vaccine, the extracorporeal photopheresis and dendritic

cell vaccine for 4 - 6 months, depending on the yield of the culture. All of

these treatment components enhance one another. Additional costs of USD 2.000 to

3.000 may apply for medications of the home care program for 3 months. The

attending physician will recommend these medications according to the patient's

requirements.

The medical team of the Issels Treatment Center at Oasis Hospital, was trained

by Dr. Issels himself. These very conscientious and dedicated physicians have

many years of experience in conventional and complementary cancer therapy and

take care of our seriously ill patients in an exceptional way. They collaborate

with experts of all specialty medical fields depending on the individual

patient's needs.

When patients go home, the attending physician provides the patients with all of

the instructions for the home care program and is available every weekday for

telephone consultations when patients call with questions. He will work closely

with the patient's home doctor.

Patients who would like to proceed, are encouraged to fax the reports of the

pathology, of the latest CT scan, bone scan, MRI, PET scan, surgical summary and

laboratory examinations to the fax number USA 619 690 8426, Attn. Issels

Department. Upon evaluation of the records the medical team will propose an

individualized treatment program, if they feel that they can help.

RATIONALE OF THE ISSELS TREATMENT STRATEGY

The rationale of the comprehensive Issels Treatment strategy applies to all

types and stages of cancer.

In cancer patients the body's regulatory, repair and defense mechanisms fail to

prevent formation of a cancerous tumor. This failure is called by some

researchers a "regulatory freeze" or "tolerance" which is due to a combination

of causal factors that vary from one individual patient to the other. In each

cancer patient, however, this "regulatory freeze" has led to an internal

terrain, a "soil" that promotes the development and multiplication of cancer

cells.

The comprehensive immunotherapy is designed to break through this "regulatory

freeze". It is a unique blend of treatment modalities that complement and

enhance each other in an effort to restore the body's regulatory, repair and

defense systems, of which the immune system is one important part. In general

terms, some of these treatments work on the levels of biochemical defense and

help cancer cells to undergo differentiation as encoded in the genes that cause

them to die through programmed cell death (called apoptosis). Other treatment

modalities contribute to tumor remissions through working mechanisms on the

levels of cell-mediated and humoral immunities.

COMPONENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY PROGRAM

The Treatment consists of the following components:

- Coley's mixed bacterial vaccine opens blockades in the body matrix (all solid,

semi-solid and fluid connective tissues), stimulates the production of the

body's own interferons, interleukins, colony stimulating factors, tumor necrosis

factor and other potent disease fighters.

- Issels' autologous vaccine and biologicals work in a very complex way to

"jump-start" the immune system. They are prepared from the patient's own blood

and body fluids which represent his/her own unique internal environment. The

preparation follows procedures that favor the development of antigenic peptides

and other immunogenic compounds in the fight against cancer and other immune

disorders.

- Extracorporeal photopheresis (FDA-approved for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma due

to research by Richard K. Edelson, Yale University,) with the dendritic cell

vaccine, works in the following way:

Via the photopheresis apparatus pathogens and sick (disease-promoting) dendritic

cells can be destroyed through exposure to ultraviolet light, which also has an

enormous immune-boosting effect. During this procedure monocytes can be

separated from the blood, mechanically converted into young, healthy dendritic

cells, separately cultured to maturity, and re-infunded into the patient's vein

to replace the sick dendritic cells. Dendritic cells are responsible for

identifying pathogens (viruses, fungi, bacteria, malignant cells) and presenting

their identifying markers, antigens, to specific T lymphocytes that then

multiply and attack the disease. They are also capable to identify normal dying

cells and to present their antigens to different T cells that tell the immune

system not to attack its own tissues.

Photopheresis mechanically induces monocytes to transform into dendritic cells,

thereby greatly increasing their numbers. By centrifuging blood in a cell

separator and passing the white cells through the ultraviolet light chamber,

millions of monocytes are converted into dendritic cells. By culturing them

overnight outside the body with growth factors, these cells can learn to ingest

and process pathogens that formerly eluded the immune system. Thus, when they

are re-introduced to the body, they awaken sleeping immunities. At the same

time, in the case of rejection or autoimmunity, the newly converted dendritic

cells are able to call off T-cell attacks against a transplanted organ or the

patient's own tissues.

- Nutritional immunotherapy, blood oxygenation, glandulars, bontanicals, enzyme

therapy aid cellular metabolism, tissue and organ function

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April 25, 2004

Hi Sonia,

Though I donot know about this center u hgav mentioned but I remember my

aunt had last stage cancer. She went to Bombay cancer Institute and Mary's

church in mumbai , India which according to her gave her life back.

All the best to ur sister.