{"id":10759,"date":"2018-06-24T05:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10759"},"modified":"2018-06-22T10:14:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T14:14:18","slug":"we-need-more-answers-about-immunotherapy-for-the-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10759","title":{"rendered":"We need more answers about immunotherapy for the elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ankur Parikh for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">An old idea \u2014 using the body\u2019s immune system to fight cancer cells, first proposed more than a century ago \u2014 has become one of the most promising approaches to treating cancer today.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/06\/04\/cancer-care-dilemma-immunotherapy\/\">Immunotherapy<\/a>\u00a0is effective against a variety of cancers, with sometimes spectacular results. But I worry about how effective it is in people over age 65, who make up\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cebp.aacrjournals.org\/content\/25\/7\/1029.long\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">half of cancer patients<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/06\/22\/immunotherapy-elderly-cancer-treatment\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_BNXDsUsALL_Itkc1h281z2WG4anL0iM3wanhIKHYdKVcS9USVqOCUz77Fu6-jLaT8ERSzBhY2Oo6ZtHOoPPOsGK_sdQ&amp;_hsmi=63966483\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ankur Parikh for STAT) An old idea \u2014 using the body\u2019s immune system to fight cancer cells, first proposed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-emerging-health-issues","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10760,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10759\/revisions\/10760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}