FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON NATURAL KILLER CELL ACTIVITY TESTING IN CANCER
- What are Natural killer cells?
– Is the immune cell (natural killer cell) that protects the body against external pathogens or malignant cells that appear inside the body.
- What is Natural killer cell activity (NKA) test?
– It is a test to assess the “capacity” of NK cells after being cultured in a specialized environment with the activating factors that help NK cells to “express” as much of their ability as they do when meeting with Pathogen.
- What does NKA test value?
– NK activity indicates the natural immunity and protection of the human body tested with pathogens, especially the ability to kill cancer cells to have the opportunity to grow.
Thus, with a result of NK activity below the safety threshold, this indicates that the person being tested is at high risk or is carrying disease-causing factors and needs to be examined professionally to detect diseases early or consciously improve health, prevent the risk of disease.
- Who needs to do NK test?
– People at high risk of cancer such as: People over 50 years old, people working in the environment exposed to toxic chemical elements, people who have habit of smoking, family members with father, mothers, siblings have cancer …
– Those who have a need for health check-ups, assess the immune status of the body against cancer, thereby providing preventive treatment and improving health.
- I / my relative is having cancer, does the NK test help?
– Monitoring of NK activity allows evaluating the effectiveness, ability of immune system recovery of cancer patients after undergoing medical treatment.
– On the other hand, NK activity is particularly important and an indispensable tool to help oncologists decide whether or not to use immune cell therapy – one of the safest, most efficient and advanced therapies for cancer today.
- What kind of cancers can NK test screen?
– In most cancers, NK activity is reduced, especially solid cancers such as lung cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, cervix – ovarian…
- How to get a NKA test sample?
– NKA blood collection is done quickly and easily at any time of the day. The sample collector will use a special tube to collect exactly 1ml from your venous blood.
- How soon will I get the result of the NKA test?
– Normally, results will be available after 5-7 days from the time of sampling.
- What are the delays for NKA testing?
In some cases, the import value has no diagnostic value or falsifies the result
– Lymphoma leukemia, myeloma, myelosuppression.
– Are using immunosuppressant drugs, drugs containing steroids
– Use of Quinolon antibiotics
– Treatment of autoimmune diseases
– Using oriental medicine with unknown ingredients
– Pregnant.
- Do I have to get this test regularly?
– Depending on the results of your NK activity at this test, the doctor will advise you how often the test should be repeated, for example:
- Your result this time is completely normal, you should continue to keep up the habit of moderation and just repeat this test every 1 year.
- Your results this time hit a low threshold, you should adjust your lifestyle, combine exercise and retest this test after 3 to 6 months.
- Your this time are low, you should check your overall health status and change unhealthy lifestyle habits, supplement necessary nutrients, use supplements as directed by your doctor. check and confirm NK activity after 1 to 3 months or as directed by a specialist physician.
