How is immunotherapy changing the landscape of cancer treatment?
Immunotherapy is a groundbreaking approach that leverages the body's own immune system to fight cancer. Treatments such as checkpoint inhibitors and CAR T-cell therapy have shown remarkable success in treating certain types of cancers. Checkpoint inhibitors work by blocking proteins that prevent the immune system from attacking cancer cells, while CAR T-cell therapy involves modifying a patient's T-cells to better recognize and destroy cancer cells. These therapies have demonstrated significant efficacy in cancers that were previously difficult to treat, such as metastatic melanoma and certain types of lymphoma.
