Immunotherapy has greatly improved outcomes for subgroups of patients with cancer. As indications keep expanding, there is an unmet need to gain a better understanding of the effect of these therapies on pregnancy and fertility. During pregnancy, substantial adaptations occur in the maternal immune ...
Issels Cancer Immunotherapy is a cancer treatment with use of non-toxic cancer treatment protocols that works to turn on your body immune systems to fight your own cancer.
Despite these challenges, many experts believe that immunotherapy has the potential to transform cancer treatment. As more research is conducted and new immunotherapy drugs are developed, it is likely that the treatment will become more effective and accessible to more patients. In the meantime, patie...
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment in the last decade. By re-awakening and enhancing the immune system to fight cancer, such strategies have achieved impressive clinical responses, however, only a fraction of patients responds to treatment. There is still an unmet clinical need to ...
Atezolizumab will face "strong competition" in the bladder cancer market from the two PD inhibitors that are already on approved for other indications: nivolumab (Opdivo, Bristol-Myers Squibb) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck). Both of these drugs are now being investigated in bladder cancer, bu...
Immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs are currently the most widely used and publicized precision immunotherapy treatment. A patient’s cancer cells can express molecules that activate PD-1 or CTLA-4 inhibitory “receptors” on their “T-cells” or other cells in the immune system. When these receptors...
How Do You Take These Drugs? You’ll probably get the medication through a vein. Treatment can take place in your doctor’s office or a hospital outpatient clinic. Side effects usually result from the boost to your immune system. You might notice: ...
Immune checkpoint inhibitorsare drugs that block immune checkpoints. Immune checkpoints are normal and keep your body's immune responses from being too strong. By blocking them, these drugs allow immune cells to respond more strongly to the cancerous cells. ...
ADJUVANT IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT CANCER, OF CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISEASES LIKE CACHEXIA AND CORRECTION OF ADVERSE EFFECTS OF DRUGS SUCH AS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION, SECUNDARY CACHEXIA, NEUTROPENIA AND LYMPHOPENIA, COMPRISING THE ASSOCIATION OR COMBINATION OF A BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE ...
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