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ImmunoLin: Medical Therapies - Cancer and recovering from chemotherapy
Radiation, surgery and chemotherapy are all utilized in the fight against cancer, however they also
weaken the defenses of the immune system. The degree of immune suppression depends on many factors,
and can leave patients vulnerable to opportunistic infections.
Chemotherapy is a very widely used therapy against cancerous cells. Unfortunately chemotherapy also
damages other cells in your body with the most actively growing parts of your body being the most
sensitive. The hardest hit cells are those of your stomach and intestine, your immune cells, and your
hair follicles.
Some types of cancer also directly depress the functioning of the immune system. However, your immune
system is the most sensitive to chemotherapy. For these reasons Immunolin may prove beneficial for
multiple reasons. Immunolin increases overall gut health and gives an immune system that extra
boost it may need after chemotherapy.
Cancer Reference Web Sites:
American Association for Cancer Research:
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/
American Cancer Society:
http://www.cancer.org/
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania:
http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/
National Cancer Institute:
http://www.cancer.gov/
Breast Cancer:
http://www.breastcancer.org/
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