Wow! The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has made a huge step in the fight against cancer. A new treatment called immunotherapy has just been passed to be used on any type of cancer. This procedure will change the way we cure cancer. We will no longer have to organize, categorize, and make a plan in order to treat cancer. Instead we can use the common mutation in cancer in order to target and fight it. Immunotherapy uses the bodies own immune system in order to beat cancer. This section of the immune system merely has to be activated to recognize the cancer cells as harmful and in turn, destroy them. I think this is an amazing breakthrough. Cancer is a very serious problem and we need to come up with new ways to fight it. In December of last year I lost a family member due to cancer. He was given a few months to live but died a few days after being in the hospital. My grandmother was also affected by breast cancer and has been cancer free for two years, so I know both extremes of what can happen. I would love to see immunotherapy go far so that sometime, hopefully in the near future, cancer will only be as scary as the common cold.
For more information about Immunotherapy, Visit the The Cancer Treatment Centers of America
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