Biological therapy

Biological therapy drugs based on the use of substances from living organisms or their derivatives obtained under laboratory conditions, for the treatment of various diseases.

Israeli medicine is focused on biological targeted therapy and immunotherapy for all diseases treatment including cancer. Biological treatment can be used to treat cancer and side effects of other cancer treatments as well. Biological drugs often show fewer side effects than chemotherapy drugs.

Some biological cancer treatments are presented in vaccines or bacteria that stimulate the immune system to fight cancer cells. This kind of biological therapy called immunotherapy or biological response modifiers, are not aimed to kill cancer calls directly.

Third group of biological treatments is antibodies or segments of genetic material (RNA or DNA), target the cancer cells directly. This treatment is called targeted therapy. Such drugs inhibit specific molecules involved in tumor growth and progression.

Most of the latest biological medicines are taken orally, in the form of tablets. Nevertheless, there are biological drugs, that administered intravenously.

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You will be advised and treated by a doctor who focus on treatment of your disease, who is a head of specialized department of one of the best hospitals in Israel. We will promptly coordinate doctor consultation and medical treatment in Israel.

Some of biopreparations, which are often used clinically in Israel today:

♦ Trastuzumab – Herceptin
♦ Bevacizumab – Avastin
♦ Cetuximab – Erbitux
♦ Erlotinib – Tarceva
♦ Sumatinib – Sutent
♦ Imatinib-Glivec

♦ Pembrolizumab – Keytruda
♦ Sorafenib – Nexavar

♦ Nivolumab – Opdivo

⇒ CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY

The immune system recognizes and destroys “alien invaders”, such as bacteria or viruses, as well as some damaged, sick or abnormal cells in the body, including cancerous ones. The immune response works when the immune system detects a foreign antigen.

Since cancer treatment Israel, is one of the advanced fields in the world, here you can get a cancer second opinion from one of the best oncologists in Israel and undergo treatment in one of the leading Israel Cancer Centers, where all the advanced diagnostic methods are presented, including a Pet Scan for cancer, MRI, as well as advanced treatment technologies, including personalized cancer treatment and immunotherapy in Israel.