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NK cell therapy
Cancer treatment using NK cells is an immunotherapy that increases the ability to attack cancer cells by collecting NK cells from the patient’s own blood, proliferating and activating them outside the body, and then reintroducing them into the body via an intravenous drip. This treatment aims to help eliminate cancer cells and can be used in conjunction with conventional chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Treatment mechanism
Role of NK cells: NK (natural killer) cells are innate immune cells that find, attack, and destroy cancer and virus-infected cells.
Treatment flow
2. Activate NK cells in a dedicated facility and multiply them from hundreds of millions to billions.
3. The activated NK cells are returned to the patient's body via an intravenous drip.
Effects
Features and expected effects
• Fewer side effects: Because it uses your own immune cells, it is said to have fewer side effects than transplanting someone else’s cells.
• Combination with other treatments: Synergistic effects can be expected when combined with other treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
• Cancer prevention: With permission from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it can also be used to replenish NK cells for cancer prevention.
※At our hospital, we use NK cell culture supernatant (exosomes) in order to enhance the antitumor effect of NK cells.
Treatment protocol
NK cell therapy
・Contents: NK cells cultured to 10 billion cells
・Period: Cancer treatment Once every two weeks Total of 6 administrations
NK cell + NK cell exosome therapy
1 NK cell treatment + NK cell exosome once a week for 11 weeks
