Exploring Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer

Cancer is a leading cause of death in the industrialized world, second only to cardiovascular diseases. It is estimated that the number of people living with cancer is increasing. The most common malignancy diagnosed in women is breast cancer.

The objective of cancer immunotherapy is to enhance the patient’s immune system, especially T cells, to fight cancer. In recent years cancer immunotherapy has emerged as a promising cancer treatment.

Breast cancer survival rates are increasing in the United States. This trend is partly attributed to improvement in therapeutic strategies. Cancer immunotherapy encompasses various strategies to harness a patient’s own immune system to …read more