Immunotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses a patient’s immune system to target their cancer cells. Some common types of immunotherapies are immune checkpoint therapy, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy and monoclonal antibodies.
But researchers are doing lots of other interesting things with immunotherapy, from preventing cancer to treating rare cancer types to making cancer treatments more effective. We spoke...
Lung cancer is the third-most common type of cancer and the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, according to...
Leukemia is an overarching term encompassing several subtypes of blood cancers. Blood cells are produced in the bone marrow, the spongy material...
PARP inhibitors are a type of targeted therapy commonly used to treat breast cancer and ovarian cancer, among others. They target PARP, or poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase, which is a protein in cells that helps repair damaged DNA.
DNA damage is a normal part of a cell’s life cycle, and it doesn’t prevent cells from growing and dividing, as long as they can repair the damage. “PARP inhibitors are a class of drug that interferes with...