Treatment of melanoma in Israel

Currently, melanoma treatment in Israel is carried out with the help of immunotherapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, etc. It is especially worth noting that for a more successful fight against this disease, treatment can be carried out using complex therapy that combines the use of several techniques.

The use of immunotherapy in Israel for the treatment of melanoma

When using immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer, the immune system of the organism is involved in resisting cancer. The two main immunotherapy drugs used in the treatment of melanoma are interlokin 2 and alpha interferon.

Treatment of melanoma in Israel with the help of chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is used to kill malignant cells in places where surgery is impossible. In general, chemotherapeutic medications in the treatment of melanoma are administered intravenously, usually during daytime hospitalization. The overwhelming mass of protocols of chemical therapy in melanoma prescribes the use of DTIC in combination with "Cisplatinum" or "Taxol". The chemotherapeutic drug, currently undergoing clinical trials, is "Temodal."

The method of isolated perfusion of the limbs

When swollen again (cases of recurrence) on the leg, after the course of treatment of melanoma in Israel, a doctor may recommend the procedure of isolated perfusion of the limb, involving the introduction of a fairly high dose of chemotherapy drugs only in the limb. This method of treating melanoma is performed under general anesthesia and requires hospitalization for several days.

The choice of the method of radiation therapy in the treatment of melanoma in Israeli medical institutions

Sometimes, radiotherapy is used to help get rid of melanoma in Israel. Usually, it is used to reduce pain sensations, when melanoma has managed to penetrate the bones, or into other organs.

Due to its geographical location and racial characteristics of a large part of the population, melanoma is a very common disease in Israel and as a result, a lot of medical and scientific research is carried out in this area.

Experimental treatments for melanoma in Israel

Treatment of melanoma, by vaccination from tumor cells in Israel

Such treatment of melanoma is intended for patients with a metastatic process accompanying melanoma, who managed to undergo an operation to eliminate single metastases, and received no guarantees, the absence of a malignant tumor in other organs. Some part of the tumor is sent to the immunological laboratory, where a vaccine is made, consisting of the cells of the most extracted melanoma neoplasm. The purpose of the vaccine is to prevent the recurrence of the disease, or the most possible extension of the time until the disease returns. Vaccination is caused by the ability to spread a sufficient mass of cells and is produced in the area of the arm, or the thigh every twenty-one to twenty-eight days. A total of eight treatment courses are administered to the patient.

Use in the treatment of melanoma vaccination from donor cells

Material identical with the patient's cells belonging to the donor is used in preparing the vaccine for treatment. This method of help has virtually no side effects and, most often, is easily perceived by the patient. The vaccine is sometimes used together with the course of immunotherapy. In this case, the vaccine is administered in combination with Interlokin 2.

TIL (Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes)

The principle of such treatment is to strengthen the immune response of the patient himself, which is directed to fight with malignant cells. The technology is based on the method of introducing the patient's own lymphocytes into the body, in combination with chemical therapy and Interlokin 2.