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