We know that cancer is rising in Malaysia and other countries, and the treatments available. One of the available options in some countries is cancer immunotherapy, but what is it?
I learnt alot about it at IEEPO 2018 in Greece with 54 countries in attendance. Little ol me represented Malaysia to be there. The layman definition is below:
Basically using your own immune system to attack cancer cells, and it works better for certain types of cancer, i.e., colorectal, lung
Many pharmaceutical companies who have done research in this area are embarking on awareness of cancer immunotherapy. However, there are problems such as:
Biggest one is financial because cost of immunotherapy is high
Access to treatment
Awareness of what it is
There were some...
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