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What Are Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors?

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4 days ago

One of the best tools your body has for staying healthy is your immune system. This elaborate, protective force within you is designed to seek out and destroy enemy cells (things that don’t belong) such as viruses, bacteria and sometimes cancer cells. However, cancer can be tricky because some cancer cells learn how to hide from the immune system so they are not identified as a threat. When this happens, your immune system may not recognize them as the enemy and may not attack them the way it should.Immunotherapy is a type of treatment that helps your immune system work better against cancer....

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