Executive Summary

• CAR-T is a new and very expensive immunotherapy treatment.
• What cancer patients have de-emphasized is the effect of CAR-T on cytokines.

Introduction

• CAR-T is one of the most expensive cancer treatments in existence.
• CAR-T contains a critical problem that oncologists and cancer centers underplay for cancer patients.

The Dangers Inherent to Immunotherapy Treatments

The techniques used by immunotherapy typically cause more harm than good for the patient (this is covered in the article How Effective is Immunotherapy for Cancer).

This danger from immunotherapy drugs is at least partly because they manipulate the immune system far more interventionist than simply taking Ivermectin, with auto-immune disorders being a primary risk. An excellent example is when monoclonal antibodies are injected into a patient.

This circumvents the antibody process that is under the control of the body. Immunology treatments have this repeating pattern of being maximally invasive.

What is a Cytokine?

Cytokines are covered in the quote from the article Here’s a Playbook for Stopping Deadly Cytokine Storm Syndrome.

“Cytokines are inflammatory immunologic proteins that are there to fight off infections and ward off cancers,” Cron explained. “But when they’re out of control they can make you very ill.”

This is not to say that cytokines are unnecessary, but they can become dysregulated. A significant benefit of Ivermectin is that it is an immunomodulator, and there are also other immunomodulators like Vitamin D and Omega 3. Immunomodulators keep the immune system from being either too aggressive or not sufficiently aggressive.

What is a Cytokine Storm?

A cytokine storm is a short-term over-aggressive immune response. How it works is covered in the quote from the article Here’s a Playbook for Stopping Deadly Cytokine Storm Syndrome.

A cytokine storm — aka cytokine release syndrome, macrophage activation syndrome, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis — is the result of an immune system gone wild.

Killer cells are often defective, resulting in increased production of inflammatory proteins that can lead to organ failure and death.