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Stem cell transplants are procedures that restore blood stem cells in people who have had theirs destroyed by very high doses of certain cancer treatments. Learn about the types of transplants and side effects that may occur.
Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer. Learn about the types of immunotherapy and what you can expect during treatment.
Stem cell transplants are procedures that restore stem cells that grow into blood cells in people who have had theirs destroyed by high doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Learn about the types of transplants, side effects that may occur, and how stem cell transplants are used in cancer treatment.
Research on CAR T-cell therapy is progressing rapidly to improve the cancer treatment, expand its use to more cancers, and better manage its side effects.
T-cell transfer therapy makes your own immune cells better able to attack cancer. Learn more about the types of T-cell transfer therapy (TIL therapy and CAR T-cell therapy), cancers treated with them, and the side effects they may cause.
Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment that targets the changes in cancer cells that help them grow, divide, and spread. Learn how targeted therapy works against cancer and about side effects that may occur.
Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to kill cancer cells. Learn how chemotherapy works against cancer, why it causes side effects, and how it is used with other cancer treatments.
Pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant involves the infusion of blood stem cells into a patient to reconstitute the blood system. Get detailed information about autologous and allogeneic transplant, HLA matching, preparative regimens, and complications in this summary for clinicians.
Bone marrow transplantation or stem cell transplant is often used as a rescue procedure, replacing stem cells that have been destroyed by high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. In some cancers, particularly those involving the blood cells, bone marrow transplantation is used to attack the malignancy directly.
Photodynamic therapy uses a drug activated by light to kill cancer and other abnormal cells. Learn how photodynamic therapy works, about the types of cancer and precancers that is used to treat, and the benefits and drawbacks of this treatment.