10 May 2021
Impact of Biological Sex in Cancer Immunotherapy Outcomes
Immunotherapy for cancer, also called immuno-oncology, is a form of treatment that uses the body’s immune system to not only prevent malignant diseases, but also to control and eliminate cancer.
Cancer immunotherapy has the power to:
- Help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells
- Enhance immune cells to assist them in eliminating cancer
- Give the body additional components to boost the immune response
Cancer immunotherapy has many forms, including checkpoint inhibitors, targeted antibodies, adoptive cell transfer, cytokines, adjuvants, cancer vaccines, and tumor-infecting viruses.
Immunotherapy uses materials from living organisms to combat diseases. Some immunotherapies utilize genetic engineering to boost …read more