Immunotherapy is one of the most promising avenues of research in the battle against cancer. This treatment path uses small molecules and biologics to harness a patient’s own immune system to fight the tumor – a novel approach that is poised to revolutionize cancer treatment.
This promise has been a long time coming. Scientists in the cancer research world have been working on immunotherapy treatments for decades, since the first observations were made about how important the immune system is in modulating and potentially killing cancer. These early realizations where made nearly a century ago, and we are only now beginning to harness the immune system in cancer therapies. Although there is no conclusive evidence that immunotherapy will be a “magic bullet” for all cancer indications and a significant patients, there is strong reason to believe it will be a dynamic treatment option going forward.
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