FDA approved Zydelig (Idelalisib) is a targeted therapy cancer treatment for various types of blood cancers that have relapsed., such as lymphocytic leukemia. Dr. Stephen Lemon, a medical oncologist, describes how this treatment works, as well as what types of side effects it may cause.
Empliciti (Elotuzumab) is an FDA approved immunotherapy treatment for multiple myeloma cancer. Medical oncologist Dr. Stephen Lemon talks about how this new cancer drug treatment works as well as what types of side effects it may cause.
Darzalex (daratumumab) is a recent FDA approved immunotherapy for the treatment of multiple myeloma cancer. In this video, Dr. Stephen Lemon, a medical oncologist, talks about how this immunotherapy treatment works, including what types of side effects it may cause.
FDA approved cancer treatment Lynparz (olaparib) treats various types of advanced ovarian cancers that contain a defective BRCA gene. In this video, medical oncologist Stephen Lemon MD discusses how this treatment works, as what types of side effects it may cause.
While immunotherapy is a relatively new cancer treatment that uses the immune system to fight the cancer, this treatment works better on certain forms of cancer. Using immunotherapy as a cancer treatment will depend on the type of cancer you have, as well as if you have any pre-existing medical conditions. In this video, oncologist Dr. Stephen Lemon discusses what types of cancers immunotherapy may treat, including some of the more common types of immunotherapy drugs, such as Yervoy, Opdivo, Keytruda, and Tecentriq.
Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses the patient’s immune system to treat their cancer. By producing proteins, cancer can sometimes avoid detection by the immune system. Because the immune system can’t detect the cancer, it can’t fight it, so that how the immunotherapy treatment helps. It can help boost or restore the immune system, so that it is better able to detect and destroy the cancer. In this video, oncologist Dr. Stephen Lemon explains how immunotherapy works, as well as what types of side effects patients may experience.
