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  2. Immunotherapy for Cancer - NCI

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    Immunotherapy to Treat Cancer. Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer. The immune system helps your body fight infections and other diseases. It is made up of white blood cells and organs and tissues of the lymph system. Immunotherapy is a type of biological therapy.

  3. What Is Immunotherapy? - American Cancer Society

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    Immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is treatment that uses a person's own immune system to fight cancer. Immunotherapy can boost or change how the immune system works so it can find and attack cancer cells. If your treatment plan includes immunotherapy, knowing how it works and what to expect can often help you prepare for treatment and make informed ...

  4. Treating Cancer with Immunotherapy | Types of Immunotherapy

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    Immunotherapy is treatment that uses certain parts of a person’s immune system to fight diseases such as cancer. This can be done in a couple of ways: Stimulating, or boosting, the natural defenses of your immune system so it works harder or smarter to find and attack cancer cells. Making substances in a lab that are just like immune system ...

  5. What Are the Pros and Cons of Immunotherapy? - WebMD

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    Immunotherapy may work when other treatments don’t. Some cancers (like skin cancer ) don’t respond well to radiation or chemotherapy but start to go away after immunotherapy. It can help other ...

  6. How Immunotherapy Works To Treat Cancer - Cleveland Clinic

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    Immunotherapy for cancer uses your body’s immune system to find and destroy cancerous cells. There are several different immunotherapy types, but all immunotherapy works by training your immune system so it can do more to fight cancer. Immunotherapy may help some people with cancer to live longer. Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment.