Patient comments posted last night from jslapnicka on my original Yahoo MB post on Dr Gorter in Medical Center Cologne and the use dendritic cell vaccine against multiple cancers! I am more convinced about DCVax reading the success stories.
In terms of dendritic cell therapy, I had the first six treatments in four weeks. I would receive the injection and then after an hour and a half, I would start getting a fever.Before I got home, I would have a fairly high fever. It wasn’t unpleasant—it never made me feel weak, whereas normally a fever might wear me down. Once I lay down and close my eyes, I always fall asleep fairly quickly. When I wake up the next day or night, it has already subsided a bit. I always develop a mild headache, but I don’t take anything for it because the headaches are bearable. I take it easy that day, go for a walk, and get some fresh air—and in the evening it’s gone.That’s it. Those are the only side effects I’ve ever experienced from this therapy.
— Karl-Heinz Hagemeyer, five-year survivor,Stage IIIb metastatic prostate cancer
After I had lung surgery to remove some additional tumors, we brought the material from the second lung to Cologne, because it contained active tumor cells. That tissue was used to make the dendritic cells.After I received the dendritic therapy, I recovered quickly and the next scans confirmed that all the cancer was gone. All the scans since then have been good news. The radiologist said: “We don’t believe in miracles, but this sure looks like one.”
— Wim Koosterboer, five-year survivor of hepatitis B andHBV-associated primary liver cancer (HCC) with lymph,liver and lung metastases
Dendritic cell therapy has no side effects for me, except for a touch of flu, which means that the treatment is catching on. It does cause a temporary fever, which usually starts about an hour after the injection.Over the course of eight hours, the fever rises a little, in my case up to about 39.5 C (102 F). Somehow it feels fine—I feel as though something positive is happening—I don’t feel ill. Although it’s a real fever, somehow my body knows that I need this. And the results are fantastic. My MRI scans over the past five years have confirmed that the treatment has been successful. In my case, the dendritic cell therapy’s symptoms were minimal and lasted no more than two days.The hyperthermia was uncomfortable for me personally, but it only took three hours. There were no side effects from the treatment. After that I felt better and could do what I wanted. So the treatment did not exhaust me and because I was not exhausted, it was much easier to stay optimistic.
— Harmen Wagenmakers, long-time survivor ofStage IV bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma
