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- Immunotherapy for Cancer - NCI
Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer Learn about the types of immunotherapy and what you can expect during treatment Immunotherapy for Cancer - NCI
- Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors - NCI - National Cancer Institute
Learn about immune checkpoint inhibitors, one type of immunotherapy used to treat cancer
- AI Tool May Help Guide Use of Cancer Immunotherapy - NCI
In small clinical trials, a few months of immunotherapy alone eliminated some patients' tumors People with higher scores on one of these two tests are often more likely than those with lower scores to have their tumors shrink following immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment, Dr Ruppin said
- Side Effects of Immunotherapy - NCI - National Cancer Institute
Immunotherapy side effects happen when the immune system that has been prompted to act against the cancer also acts against healthy cells and tissues in the body Learn about the types of side effects that immunotherapy might cause and where to go for more information
- Definition of immunotherapy - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Immunotherapy uses the body’s immune system to fight cancer This animation explains three types of immunotherapy used to treat cancer: nonspecific immune stimulation, T-cell transfer therapy, and immune checkpoint inhibitors
- T-cell Transfer Therapy - Immunotherapy - NCI - National Cancer Institute
T-cell transfer therapy is a type of immunotherapy that makes your own immune cells better able to attack cancer There are two main types of T-cell transfer therapy: tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (or TIL) therapy and CAR T-cell therapy
- Cancer Treatment Vaccines - Immunotherapy - NCI
Cancer treatment vaccines are a type of immunotherapy that treats cancer by strengthening the body’s natural defenses against the cancer Unlike cancer prevention vaccines, cancer treatment vaccines are designed to be used in people who already have cancer—they work against cancer cells, not against something that causes cancer
- Development of Cancer Immunotherapy
Scientists from the National Cancer Institute chartered the development of immunotherapy, the idea that a patient’s immune system could be harnessed to fight cancer This led to the development of monoclonal antibodies and immune checkpoint blockade drugs
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