At the present time, the patient is connected to a special
machine for nearly four hours for extracting white cells from the blood. This machine
costs thirty thousand dollars. This process may take even many days. It depends
on the number of white blood cells in the blood of the patient as also the
extent to which the disease has spread itself.
After extracting the white cells, they are kept with
Interlukin-2 for four days. Then these cells are converted into Lymphokine- Activated
Killer Cells. Then these LAK cells are injected into the blood stream of the
patient with equal measure of Interlukin-2. The LAK cells then grow and develop
of their own accord.
One has to
stay for a month in the National Cancer Institute of America for the full
course of treatment. Arrangements for treating eight patients at a time exist
in this institute. There are some side effects of this treatment. The patient
may feel itchy, or get fever and cold. There may be shivering or he may feel
worried. But, this is certain that the patient’s weight, appetite and health
starts improving in the first week itself.
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