{"id":595,"date":"2017-08-07T01:17:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T01:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/?p=595"},"modified":"2017-09-08T00:35:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T00:35:15","slug":"immunotherapy-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/?p=595","title":{"rendered":"Immunotherapy Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the worst aspects of head and neck cancer is that successful treatment can lead to permanent adverse effects on quality of life. These can involve difficulties with nutrition, swallowing or speech, which are basic functions for us all, with problems during and after treatment<\/p>\n<p>An article in the Lancet reports on some benefits seen in a study looking at immunotherapy compared to conventional drugs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/news\/20170624\/Immunotherapy-found-to-be-smarter-kinder-treatment-for-people-withc2a0head-and-neck-cancer.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HOWEVER these are worth looking at as well<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2017\/07\/24\/merck-drug-shows-no-life-extending-benefit-in-head-and-neck-cancer\/#\" target=\"_blank\">TRIAL FAILURE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/coroner-s-warning-after-patient-dies-during-trial-for-new-cancer-therapy-a3609501.html\" target=\"_blank\">INCIDENT\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the worst aspects of head and neck cancer is that successful treatment can lead to permanent adverse effects on quality of life. These can involve difficulties with nutrition, swallowing or speech, which are basic functions for us all, with problems during and after treatment An article in the Lancet reports on some benefits &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/?p=595\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Immunotherapy Benefits<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=595"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":615,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions\/615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}