Treatment at the Issels Medical Center
The Treatment at the Issels Medical Center is an immunobiological treatment program for patients suffering from Cancer, Immune Disorders and Chronic Diseases.
The Treatment strategy is based on one of the most comprehensive treatment concepts integrating conventional and advanced, research-based alternative/complementary therapies with a 50 year history of remarkable results.
It is the treatment concept developed by the world-renowned pioneer of integrative cancer medicine, Josef M. Issels, M.D. In 1951 in Germany, Dr. Issels was the first to open a hospital for conventionally incurable cancer patients, specializing in comprehensive immunotherapy. He became internationally known for his outcomes in the treatment of advanced cancer. From 1981 until his retirement in 1987, Dr. Issels served as an expert member of the German Federal Government Commission in the Fight Against Cancer.
At the Issels Medical Center in the USA, Dr. Christian N. Issels, the son of Dr. Josef Issels, and his team of committed physicians follow the same comprehensive strategy focusing on the disease symptoms as well as the underlying causes. The experience of the Issels approach over decades has shown that the better a doctor can determine and eliminate underlying causes for the suppression of the body’s immune, regulatory and repair mechanisms, the higher the degree of the effectiveness of all the treatment components. It is the principle to use the most effective, and least toxic or invasive treatment components possible, to help the body heal.
The Issels Concept
The Issels Treatment is based on the concept that malignant diseases, immune disorders, and chronic degenerative diseases will not manifest in a healthy body with properly functioning regulatory, repair and defense mechanisms. The internal bodily environment that promotes the development of disease is due to a combination of multiple causes and conditions, which persist and remain chronically active after removal of the disease symptoms, in the case of cancer, the tumor. These remaining untreated causes are responsible for the high rate of disease recurrence and progression even after initially successful standard treatment.
The Issels Medical Center treatment programs for patients suffering from cancer, immune disorders, and chronic degenerative diseases are designed to:
- Address root causes of the disease condition, which, if not corrected can lead to recurrence and progression of the disease.
- Restore the natural mechanisms of regulation, repair and defense, and herewith the innate healing forces.
The Treatment at the Issels Medical Center complements the standard approaches to cancer, immune disorders, and chronic degenerative diseases in the following fundamental ways:
- Standard treatments are mainly focused on the disease symptoms, in the case of cancer, the tumor and its symptoms.
- IMC treatment addresses also preconditions that have contributed to the development of the disease, in the case of cancer, the tumor.
All Issels Treatment protocols are personalized through meticulous diagnostic procedures, including specialized non-invasive testing methods that go beyond standard examinations, to meet the individual patient’s unique requirements. They can be administered in conjunction with standard treatments, as follow-up treatment or on their own.
Dr. Christian N. Issels and his team of physicians work in collaboration with experts of all medical specialty fields depending on individual needs.
Treatment Components
The Issels Treatment programs are established upon extensive diagnostic evaluation, including modern complementary tools, and personalized detailed analysis of a patient's medical history. The components of our treatment enhance one another and are integrated into an individualized treatment protocol according to a system based on 50 years of experience:
- Addressing the disease symptoms, in the case of cancer, attacking the tumor and stimulating overall immune functions by scientifically validated, non-toxic substances and treatment modalities.
- Elimination of causal factors that were found to impair the individual patient’s regulatory, repair and defense functions.
These may include: - Nutritional imbalances;
- Abnormal bacterial intestinal flora;
- Chronic infections;
- Heavy metal toxicities;
- Environmental, occupational and lifestyle factors;
- Psychological factors.
- Treatment of damages and metabolic disturbance to restore a healthy bodily environment and enhance immunity:
- Therapy to improve elimination of metabolic residues, toxic metabolites due to the disease and its treatment (in the case of cancer: chemotherapy, radiation), and/or due to other previous toxin exposure;
- Oxidative therapies to activate cellular respiration;
- Glandular therapy and compensation of losses by the administration of glandulars;
- Enzymatic therapy with proteolytic enzymes to aid in digestion and elimination of immune suppressive factors such as immune complexes;
- Nutritional immunotherapy;
- Intravenous Nutrition with supplementation of vitamins, minerals, oligo elements, amino acids, etc.;
- Psychological guidance;
- Physical therapy, acupuncture, colon hydrotherapy, massages according to individual needs.
- Restoration of innate immunities by autohemotherapy and other immunobiological treatment modalities including advanced natural anti-cancer preparations.
- Education in a healthy lifestyle, nutrition etc.
** Detailed discharge planning and at home follow-up care are provided. **
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DISCLAIMER: The extent of the response to treatment varies from patient to patient, even with similar diagnosis as the internal bodily environment is unique to each individual patient.