Immune system

From my understanding yes..I am currently fighting with an Immunotherpy called Yervoy..They say that a boost in your immune system could help your good cells fight off the cancer cells..I will be doing my second dose of treatment Tomorrow..I did the 30 day interferon and it did not work for me..I am stage 3 C..Good luck 

From my understanding yes..I am currently fighting with an Immunotherpy called Yervoy..They say that a boost in your immune system could help your good cells fight off the cancer cells..I will be doing my second dose of treatment Tomorrow..I did the 30 day interferon and it did not work for me..I am stage 3 C..Good luck 

From my understanding yes..I am currently fighting with an Immunotherpy called Yervoy..They say that a boost in your immune system could help your good cells fight off the cancer cells..I will be doing my second dose of treatment Tomorrow..I did the 30 day interferon and it did not work for me..I am stage 3 C..Good luck 

I think so.  Your immune system is the cornerstone to your health.  The body was built to heal itself.  If you can help keep it as strong as possible, I think it makes sense that it would have a better chance at fighting all things that are going wrong. 

I think so.  Your immune system is the cornerstone to your health.  The body was built to heal itself.  If you can help keep it as strong as possible, I think it makes sense that it would have a better chance at fighting all things that are going wrong. 

I think so.  Your immune system is the cornerstone to your health.  The body was built to heal itself.  If you can help keep it as strong as possible, I think it makes sense that it would have a better chance at fighting all things that are going wrong. 

The short answer to your question is yes.  I think it's undeniable, and the recent advancements in immunotherapy prove this, that our immune systems are capable of fighting off melanoma.  In my opinion there's only a few proven ways you can maximize your immune system: Good rest, good diet, exercise, and reduce stress.  Many believe that you can help your immune system with supplements but there's very smart people on both sides of this argument so that is a personal choice.  Will doing all this guarentee your melanoma won't return?  Unfortunately no.  There are no guarantees in life and that is especially true with melanoma.  I believe it definitely improves your odds though.  For some reason you developed melanoma and the difficult to answer question is why.  Why didn't your immune system recognize, attack and remove the melanoma cells from your body.  It could be because you have a "tricky" mutation of melanoma.  It could be because your immune system was momentarily compromised which allowed the melanoma cells to get a foothold.  It may be an inherited genetic characteristic of your immune system.  You'll probably never know the answer to that question and hopefully it will never return.

I think you are very smart to be asking the questions you are right now.  I was stage Ib back in 2006 and looking back I wish I would have asked this question and changed a lot of my life style choices.  If you are really interested in the subject I recommend a book by David Servan-Schreiber called "Anti-Cancer, A New Way of Life".  It is outstanding book.  I've made significant changes to my diet the last couple years and although I can't be sure that it's helping my fight, I think it is and at the very least I feel fantastic.  Best of luck to you.

Brian

The short answer to your question is yes.  I think it's undeniable, and the recent advancements in immunotherapy prove this, that our immune systems are capable of fighting off melanoma.  In my opinion there's only a few proven ways you can maximize your immune system: Good rest, good diet, exercise, and reduce stress.  Many believe that you can help your immune system with supplements but there's very smart people on both sides of this argument so that is a personal choice.  Will doing all this guarentee your melanoma won't return?  Unfortunately no.  There are no guarantees in life and that is especially true with melanoma.  I believe it definitely improves your odds though.  For some reason you developed melanoma and the difficult to answer question is why.  Why didn't your immune system recognize, attack and remove the melanoma cells from your body.  It could be because you have a "tricky" mutation of melanoma.  It could be because your immune system was momentarily compromised which allowed the melanoma cells to get a foothold.  It may be an inherited genetic characteristic of your immune system.  You'll probably never know the answer to that question and hopefully it will never return.

I think you are very smart to be asking the questions you are right now.  I was stage Ib back in 2006 and looking back I wish I would have asked this question and changed a lot of my life style choices.  If you are really interested in the subject I recommend a book by David Servan-Schreiber called "Anti-Cancer, A New Way of Life".  It is outstanding book.  I've made significant changes to my diet the last couple years and although I can't be sure that it's helping my fight, I think it is and at the very least I feel fantastic.  Best of luck to you.

Brian

The short answer to your question is yes.  I think it's undeniable, and the recent advancements in immunotherapy prove this, that our immune systems are capable of fighting off melanoma.  In my opinion there's only a few proven ways you can maximize your immune system: Good rest, good diet, exercise, and reduce stress.  Many believe that you can help your immune system with supplements but there's very smart people on both sides of this argument so that is a personal choice.  Will doing all this guarentee your melanoma won't return?  Unfortunately no.  There are no guarantees in life and that is especially true with melanoma.  I believe it definitely improves your odds though.  For some reason you developed melanoma and the difficult to answer question is why.  Why didn't your immune system recognize, attack and remove the melanoma cells from your body.  It could be because you have a "tricky" mutation of melanoma.  It could be because your immune system was momentarily compromised which allowed the melanoma cells to get a foothold.  It may be an inherited genetic characteristic of your immune system.  You'll probably never know the answer to that question and hopefully it will never return.

I think you are very smart to be asking the questions you are right now.  I was stage Ib back in 2006 and looking back I wish I would have asked this question and changed a lot of my life style choices.  If you are really interested in the subject I recommend a book by David Servan-Schreiber called "Anti-Cancer, A New Way of Life".  It is outstanding book.  I've made significant changes to my diet the last couple years and although I can't be sure that it's helping my fight, I think it is and at the very least I feel fantastic.  Best of luck to you.

Brian

MY primary melanoma was never found.  Last year a 2.5 cm x 1.4 cm (25 mm x 14 mm) melanoma tumor was found in my left parotid gland.  The rest of the entire gland and the neck lymph nodes were clear.  I entered a clinical trial and after two 3 mg Yervoy infusions, I had an irAE (immune related adverse event).  My irAE was very extreme. I was hospitalized for a month.  My daughter thinks I must have a very responsive immune system.  Her reasons 1) The parotid melanoma seemed to be self contained;  2) The  melanoma that should have been on face or scalp was never found despite semiannual or quarterly visits to the dermatologist for my numerous basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas;  3)  I have survived several anaphylactic reactions (peanuts).  I still may have minute mm melanoma cells floating around in my system. Whether the Yervoy and my immune system are still effective time will tell.  I'm not obsessive about it. 

MY primary melanoma was never found.  Last year a 2.5 cm x 1.4 cm (25 mm x 14 mm) melanoma tumor was found in my left parotid gland.  The rest of the entire gland and the neck lymph nodes were clear.  I entered a clinical trial and after two 3 mg Yervoy infusions, I had an irAE (immune related adverse event).  My irAE was very extreme. I was hospitalized for a month.  My daughter thinks I must have a very responsive immune system.  Her reasons 1) The parotid melanoma seemed to be self contained;  2) The  melanoma that should have been on face or scalp was never found despite semiannual or quarterly visits to the dermatologist for my numerous basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas;  3)  I have survived several anaphylactic reactions (peanuts).  I still may have minute mm melanoma cells floating around in my system. Whether the Yervoy and my immune system are still effective time will tell.  I'm not obsessive about it. 

MY primary melanoma was never found.  Last year a 2.5 cm x 1.4 cm (25 mm x 14 mm) melanoma tumor was found in my left parotid gland.  The rest of the entire gland and the neck lymph nodes were clear.  I entered a clinical trial and after two 3 mg Yervoy infusions, I had an irAE (immune related adverse event).  My irAE was very extreme. I was hospitalized for a month.  My daughter thinks I must have a very responsive immune system.  Her reasons 1) The parotid melanoma seemed to be self contained;  2) The  melanoma that should have been on face or scalp was never found despite semiannual or quarterly visits to the dermatologist for my numerous basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas;  3)  I have survived several anaphylactic reactions (peanuts).  I still may have minute mm melanoma cells floating around in my system. Whether the Yervoy and my immune system are still effective time will tell.  I'm not obsessive about it.