Immunotherapy (http://lungcancersymptomsx.com/?s=immunotherapy) is one of the lung cancer treatment methodologies which has been used along with other treatment method or with as a single treatment. some of the types are mentioned in these slides
2. Immunotherapy
• This one among the treatment
methodology(http://lungcancersymptomsx.com/types-of-
lung-cancer-treatments.html) of cancer which increases the
immune power in the human body.
• Cells used for this treatment procedures are either developed
in the body or in the laboratory.
• This is given as a pill, injection, topically as a cream, etc…
• Some of the types of Immunotherapy is shown in the further
slides
3. Monoclonal antibodies
• This type of antibody is produced in the laboratory.
• This monoclonal antibodies are popularly meant to be
mAbs which are found to target and destroy the specific
antigen in the tumor cell.
• This antibodies are used accompanied with radiotherapy
and chemotherapy.
• Ipilimumab, Avastin, Patritumab, Demcizumab, and so
forth some of the mAbs.
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5. Non-specific Immunotherapy
• This types utilizes the proteins produced by WBCs to produce
the immune power in the body.
• Like mAbs they are given to gradually destroy the cancer cell.
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• They are given either accompanied with other treatment
process of cancer or as a main treatment.
• Interferon and Interleukins are the two main types of non-
specific immunotherapy.
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7. Adoptive T-cell therapy
• The T cells removed from patients blood is utilized for this
treatment process.
• These cells get the receptors in the laboratory and ingrained
into the patient.
• The receptors are developed in large number and let into the
patients body.
• They destroy or stop the growth of the cancer cell.
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9. Checkpoint inhibitors
• As the name suggests the inhibitors brakes the cancer cell
from further development or increase the immune system to
fight against and destroy the cancer cell.
• These checkpoint inhibitors are in several numbers and are
being developed in many types.
• Some of the predominant inhibitors are PD-1, CTLA-4
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11. Therapeutic cancer vaccines
• Vaccines is also the important method used in
immunotherapy cancer
treatment((http://lungcancersymptomsx.com/immunotherap
y-for-lung-cancer.html) .
• Vaccines are of two types which represents, prevention
vaccine and treatment vaccine.
• These vaccines makes the immune system to find for the
cancer cells and destroy them completely.
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13. • The above are some of the types of immunotherapy
treatment
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