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What Is Immunotherapy Cancer Treatment And How Does It Work?

August 6, 2020

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.

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What Patients Want To Know About Cancer – Stephen Lemon MD Lecture

August 6, 2020

What do patients want to know about cancer? Whether it’s a new cancer treatment, such as immunotherapy, the possibility of hair loss during chemotherapy, or the unexpected experience of going through chemo, Oncologist Dr. Stephen Lemon shares information, with a little levity, on some common topics. This lecture took place at Bellevue College.

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How Breast Cancer Drug Kadcyla (T-DM1) Works

August 6, 2020

Kadcyla, also referred to as T-DM1, is a targeted therapy for breast cancer treatment. In this video, oncologist Dr. Stephen Lemon describes how this FDA approved treatment works, as well as what types of side-effects it may cause.

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Immunotherapy For Cancer Treatment

August 6, 2020

This video describes a newer form of cancer treatment called immunotherapy that seeks to boost the patient’s immune system to fight back against the cancer. Currently, there are various forms of immunotherapy cancer drugs that are FDA approved for the treatment of different types of advanced cancers like melanoma, lung and ovarian cancer.

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About Clinical Trials For Cancer

August 6, 2020

More and more clinical trials are leading the way for the research and FDA approval of newer types of cancer treatments. In this video, oncologist Dr. Stephen Lemon explains what clinical trials for cancer may involve, as well as how cancer patients can better determine whether a new study might be a good fit for them.

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