The area of cancer research is always evolving. Research one type of new therapy and write in your own words a paragraph on how it works.

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The area of cancer research is always evolving. Research one type of new therapy and write in your own words a paragraph on how it works.
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Cancer one of the deadliest disease which has a high recurrence rate even after the initial stage detection and treatment. One main reason is the immune state alteration. Immunotherapy or biological therapy is a recent advanced therapy in the treatment of cancer. The immunity is boosted by production of T cells in the laboratory for about 2 to 8 weeks and then introduced in the patient to fight the target cancer cells.Immune checkpoint inhibitor and cytokines are effective in treating skin cancer.

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