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Bookmark or Share- Types of Cancer Treatment - NCI - National Cancer InstituteTargeted 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 common side effects that may occur.
- Immunotherapy for Cancer - NCI - National Cancer InstituteLearning more about how cancer cells evade or suppress immune responses against them. A better understanding of how cancer cells get around the immune system could lead to the development of new drugs that block those processes. How to reduce the side effects of treatment with immunotherapy.
- Lifileucel First Cellular Therapy Approved for CancerIn an event more than three decades in the making, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lifileucel (Amtagvi), the first treatment for cancer that uses immune cells called tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, or TILs.
- NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms - NCI - National Cancer InstituteSometimes, the T cells are changed in the laboratory to make them better able to target the patient's cancer cells and kill them. Types of adoptive cell transfer include chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapy and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy.
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment - NCI - National Cancer InstituteAcute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). Leukemia may affect red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Previous chemotherapy and exposure to radiation may increase the risk of developing ALL.
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