Immunotherapy to Treat Cancer

Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer. The immune system helps our body to fight against infections and other diseases. It is made up of white blood cells and organs and tissues of the lymph system. Immunotherapy is not yet as widely used as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. However, immunotherapies have been accepted to treat people with many types of cancer. Certain immunotherapies can mark cancer cells so it is easier for the immune system to find and destroy them.

The fundamental sorts of immunotherapy presently being utilized to treat cancer:

Monoclonal antibodies: These are man-made forms of resistant immune system proteins. Antibodies that is exceptionally valuable in treating cancer since they can be considered to attack a very specific portion of a cancer cell. Once the immune system is able to discover and react to the cancer, it can stop or moderate cancer development.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors:   Many type of antibodies work by releasing the brakes on the immune structure so it can destroy cancer cells. PD-1/PD-L1 and CTLA-4 pathways are critical to the immune system’s ability to control cancer growth. These pathways are called “immune checkpoints.”

Cancer vaccines: Vaccines are ingredients put into the body to begin a safe reaction against certain infections, but some vaccines can help prevent or treat cancer. A vaccine is another method used to help the body fight disease to exposes the immune system to an antigen.

Other, non-specific immunotherapies: These treatments boost the immune system in a general way, but this can still help the immune system attack cancer cells. Most non-specific immunotherapies are for cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Immunotherapy drugs are now used to treat many different types of cancer