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Charlotte T. Beats Stage-4 Cancer with Cryoablation and Combination Therapy at CHIPSA Hospital! Charlotte Trainer thought she was out of options when she was diagnosed with Stage-4 inoperable Endometrial cancer in November of 2017. After having a full hysterectomy and 25 rounds of radiation, her doctors told her that the cancer had metastasized to her […]
Continue readingCHIPSA Hospital is known for it’s immunotherapy-based treatments that incite the body’s own, powerful immune system to fight off disease. Our methods are focused on harnessing the tools already available within the patient’s own body, and that includes the entire body, even the mind. Patients at CHIPSA are not only receiving physical treatments, they’re also receiving […]
Continue readingJohn D. was diagnosed with stage 4 squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma in his neck over three years ago. Last year, John had developed a fluid-filled sac on his neck that began to change, harden, and grow. The growth eventually spread throughout […]
Continue readingRussell W. was given 6 months to live back in 2018 after his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma spread to his skin. But now, nearly 14 months later, he is alive, well, and eager to share his story. Russell’s journey began when he noticed a swollen lymph node near his elbow back in 2016. […]
Continue readingThe KEYNOTE-054 Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT02362594) showed that the immune checkpoint inhibitor drug Keytruda decreased the risk of melanoma recurrence or death by 43% in comparison to a placebo drug. The drug has thus been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat patients with stage-3 melanoma (cancer has spread to […]
Continue readingAmanda L. came to CHIPSA Hospital last October looking for ways to improve her quality of life after surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy failed to treat her late-stage cancer. But she believes CHIPSA did more than that. According to her, not only did they improve her quality of life, they also extended it. Amanda […]
Continue readingA recent report in the journal Cell showed that a team led by Vanderbilt researchers has found a new “checkpoint” protein on immune system cells in active, malignant tumors. In mouse models, blocking this protein, along with using other treatments, has been an effective approach to treating cancerous cells. Checkpoint proteins are an important component of […]
Continue readingA research team from the University of Maryland is utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to determine the most effective ways to treat cancer patients with immunotherapy. Immunotherapy takes advantage of the body’s own immune system to fight off cancer, and in the past decade, it has been very successful in treating patients with localized and advanced […]
Continue readingImmune checkpoint inhibitors like Keytruda offer new ways to treat cancer patients who might otherwise have no options. But the treatment has posed challenges to health care professionals when it comes to figuring out which tumors will respond to immunotherapy and which tumors won’t. A research team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New […]
Continue readingLast September, 22 people made history as they joined together to celebrate accomplishing the impossible: surviving late-stage cancer. Traveling back to the place where their healing journeys began — CHIPSA Hospital in Tijuana, Mexico — the cancer survivors had the chance to share their stories, meet other patients, and converse with world-renowned doctors, scientists, […]
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