In our digestive system, pancreas is a low-key and critical “logist” that produces digestive enzymes and helps regulate blood sugar. But once the “big boss” is entangled by pancreatic cancer, it’s a real “big storm” that makes life a mess. Fortunately, modern medicine has brought out two sharp swords — targeting and immunotherapy — which are like precise snipers and powerful immune corps, lighting hope for pancreas cancer patients.
Target treatment: precision sniper cancer cells
Target therapy is like a “scrambleman” on the battlefield, with precision. It’s not like traditional chemotherapy, no matter how much cancer cells and normal cells are packed together, it’s like a sniper, aiming at the target and killing him. Cancer cells are like the “smugly fox” hidden in your body, hard to find and hard to get. The target treatment is like a sniper gun with a high-precision sight, able to look at the hideout of the foxes and take it down. The target treatment for pancreas cancer is usually directed at a number of special markers on the surface of the cancer cell or internal anomalies. Just as snipers lock their target features through telescopes and choose the appropriate bullet shot, the target-oriented therapeutic drug will also develop the best strike method based on the characteristics of the cancer cell. For example, some pancreas cancer patients have a cancer cell on their surfaces called EGR. At this point, a doctor can pull out a “secret weapon” called Erotini, which is like a precision bullet designed to deal with this “small label” that can wipe out a web of cancer cells with EGFR labels.
II. Immunisation treatment: the “Immunisation Corps” that awakens the body
If target-oriented treatment is a good shot on the battlefield, it is like a “Immunological Corps” that wakes up the body and puts them together to kill the enemy. There’s a strong immune system in our bodies, like the Body Guards, to patrol and clear the invaders. Sometimes, however, cancer cells are too subtle and the immune system may be “sitting” and unable to detect and eliminate these “inners” in time. Immunisation treatment is like giving the immune system a shot of “chick blood”, which gives it a fresh start and makes it more sensitive to the detection and elimination of cancer cells. It enhances the fighting power of immune cells through a variety of means, such as “refuelling” for immune cells such as T-cells, so that they become more active in fighting. We can imagine the immune system as a “police force” in our bodies, and cancer cells are like “throwing a thief”. Immunization treatment is like the latest equipment and training provided to police forces to enable them to catch and eliminate thieves more efficiently. In the immunotherapy for pancreas cancer, there is a drug called PD-1 inhibitor, which is like “super-radar” for immunosuppressors to detect cancer cells more accurately and to attack them. Just as the police force has access to high-tech surveillance systems to track the movements of thieves in real time, the PD-1 inhibitor has enabled the immune cell to fight cancer more efficiently.
III. JOINT TREATMENT: Sniper and GAVI
Don’t look at target-oriented treatments and immunotherapy as one side each, but they prefer to fight together. In practice, doctors combine the two treatments, taking into account the specific circumstances of the patients, so that they work as “snipers and infantry” to maximize their power. It is as if on the battlefield, snipers and infantry support each other more effectively to eliminate the enemy. Targeting and immunotherapy also need to work together to fight cancer cell attacks, giving patients better treatment and hope for survival. They strike with precision, with a complete encirclement, like a beautiful set of “consolidated fists” that leave cancer cells without a trace.
Patients’ “cancer resistance”
For people with pancreas cancer, it is like a long “cancer-resistant journey” to receive targeted and immunotherapy treatment. They need to face the side effects of treatment, physical fatigue and psychological stress. But it is this journey that gives them the opportunity to embrace once again the good of health and life. On this road, patients and doctors are like “friends of war” fighting side by side, who trust each other, support each other and face together difficulties and challenges. Every step, every insistence of the patient is the best interpretation of life. Every encouragement and every smile of a doctor is the warmth of comfort to the patient.
Conclusion: The light of hope shines in the future
Pancreas cancer, though a bad influence, has had a considerable impact on treatment and immunization treatment. They’re like two sharp swords, opening a path of hope for the recovery of pancreas cancer patients. Although this road is not flat, we can overcome the disease and see a brighter tomorrow if we hope and move forward. On this path of hope, let us join hands!
