I spoke with Sandra for awhile on the phone. I cannot tell you whether this works or not. Please do your homework (or have someone you trust help you) before trying a new cure, treatment, medicine or surgery.
Scott
January 21, 2009
Dear Scott,
Thank you for your inquiry regarding the Issels Treatment Center.
It was a pleasure talking with you today. I am always happy to answer
questions.
I have included below general information about our treatment
program and costs. Since this information can sometimes be
overwhelming, I am encouraging you or other family members to
contact me with any questions you may have after reviewing
the information.
The Issels Treatment Center focuses strongly on improving the body’s
internal environment and restoring our innate cancer fighting mechanisms.
The Issels Treatment has a 50-year history of success in achieving
complete long-term remission in a great variety of advanced cancers
which had failed to respond to all other conventional treatment.
The website www.issels.com has several links which you may
find very informative and interesting reading.
Our medical team offers a complimentary medical evaluation
to determine if they can help.
The medical team will ask you to fax the patient questionnaire,
which I have attached, and recent medical reports such as:
blood reports, pathology, surgery, CT and/or PET scans, bone
scans, MRI’s, and discharge summaries to:
+1-623-670-5992 Attn: Issels Dept.
for a thorough medical review.
Please feel free to contact me whenever you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Sandra Barnes
Director of Admissions
Issels Treatment Center
+1-866-468-3081 (toll free US and Canada)
sandra.isselsinformation@att.net
INFORMATION ON THE ISSELS TREATMENT CENTER
The Issels Treatment is a comprehensive immunotherapy 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 can be found on www.issels.com under Treatment Summary and pictures of the hospital can be seen under Clinics. Patient Testimonials 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 viewed on www.issels.com under Publications and Statistics.
The hospital is a full-service hospital specializing in alternative/complementary and conventional cancer care for 45 years. It meets 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, 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 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. Patients from overseas who do not have a US visa, can apply for a Mexican visa and fly via Mexico City to Tijuana.
THERAPIES AND HOSPITAL STAY
Patients come for an intensive 4-week in-patient treatment costs USD 24,500. Payment is due in the form of a cashier’s check or wire transfer upon admission. For qualified patients shorter programs may apply. Refunds are granted for services that are not rendered.
The above price includes one companion free of charge in the same large room, the diet (organic food) antioxidants, nutraceuticals, enzymes, glandular extracts, tissue salts, autohemotherapy, blood oxygenation, photoluminescence therapy, and all the medications and treatments that will be listed in the treatment protocol.
VACCINE PROGRAM
The vaccine program is comprised of the extracorporeal photopheresis with the Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine, Autologous Issels Vaccine, and the immune boosting Coley’s Vaccine, including home supply for several months. This treatment amounts to an additional USD 16,500. All of these components enhance one another. The treatment protocols are personalized according to the individual patient’s condition.
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 was trained by Dr. Issels himself. These 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/she will work closely with the patient’s home doctor.
Patients who would like to proceed are encouraged to fax recent reports of the pathology, of the latest CT scan, bone scan, MRI, PET scan, surgical summary and laboratory examinations, along with the attached patient questionnaire duly filled out, to the fax number USA 1-623-670-5992, 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:
* Nutritional immunotherapy, blood oxygenation, glandulars, botanicals, enzyme therapy, intravenous therapies, diet, and colonics all aid cellular metabolism and tissue and organ function and repair.
* Issels’ Autologous Vaccine and biologicals work in a very complex way to enhance the immune functions. They are prepared from the patient’s own blood, which represent his/her own unique internal bodily 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.
* 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.
* Extracorporeal Photopheresis (FDA-approved for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma due to research by Richard L. Edelson, Yale University) with the Dendritic Cell Vaccine works in the following way:
Via the Photopheresis device, pathogens and abnormal cells are destroyed through exposure to ultraviolet light, which also has an enormous immune-boosting effect. During this procedure, monocytes are separated from the blood then cultured to maturity; converting them to active Dendritic cells. These are injected into the patient in small customized doses over several months.
Dendritic cells are responsible for identifying pathogens (viruses, fungi, bacteria) and malignant cells, by presenting their identifying markers (antigens) to specific T lymphocytes, which then multiply and attack only the identified diseased cells, not normal healthy cells.
The Issels Treatment Center offers a comprehensive, nontoxic strategy for all types and stages of cancer, which is customized to the individual needs of each patient.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Sandra Barnes
Director of Admissions
Issels Treatment Center
+1-866-468-3081 toll free
sandra.isselsinformation@att.net
