Breast Cancer Research & Therapies

Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer:

Immunotherapy is a new way to fight breast cancer by helping the body's immune system identify and destroy cancer cells. This approach is especially promising for aggressive types of breast cancer like triple-negative and HER2-positive cancers. Immunotherapy treatments include:

1. Checkpoint inhibitors: Drugs that help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells more effectively.
2. Monoclonal antibodies: Targeted therapies that can mark cancer cells for the immune system to find and destroy.
3. Cancer vaccines: Aim to prevent cancer from coming back by training the immune system to fight cancer cells.
4. CAR T-cell therapy: A treatment that enhances the patient's own immune cells to better fight cancer.

These treatments offer new hope, especially for breast cancer that's hard to treat with traditional methods. Research is ongoing to find the best ways to use immunotherapy, alone or with other treatments, to improve outcomes for breast cancer patients.