Which cancers can be treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors?
Updated June 28, 2024
Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that does not target the cancer itself, unlike traditional treatments. Instead, immunotherapy trains the immune system to fight cancer. Several types of immunotherapy are now approved to treat a wide variety of cancer types.
“At times, our immune system can become tolerant to cancer for various reasons,” says Aung Naing, M.D., who leads an immunotherapy...
New class of immunotherapy targets found in pancreatic and other cancers
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Colorectal cancer researchers focus on minimal residual disease to guide treatment
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