Immunotherapy: Is It Right for Your Kind of Cancer? – WRCB-TV

Source: Immunotherapy: Is It Right for Your Kind of Cancer? – WRCB-TV

The mechanism of immunotherapy is based on the fact that cancer cells normally trick the immune system. “Oftentimes, cancers work by evading or dodging our immune system, which allows the cells to grow unchecked,” says Rujuta Saksena, MD, oncologist and hematologist in New Jersey. “Immunotherapy is very helpful in detecting the cancer cells and helping the body destroy them.”

Published at Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:31:00 +0000