Immunotherapy (biological therapy), an evolving and promising cancer treatment, works by stimulating the immune system. Immunotherapy drugs include CAR T-cell therapy and checkpoint inhibitors. Treatments can fuel the body’s production of cancer-fighting cells or help healthy cells identify and attack cancer cells.
What does immunotherapy treat?
- Bladder cancer.
- Brain cancer (brain tumor).
- Breast cancer.
- Cervical cancer and ovarian cancer.
- Colorectal (colon) cancer.
- Head and neck cancer.
- Kidney cancer, liver cancer and lung cancer.
- Leukemia.