Revista de genética y biología molecular

Abstracto

Immunotherapy: A New Type of Cancer Treatment .

Fleur Delacour

In 2015, cancer was one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with 8.8 million deaths (WHO). In the United States, an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases will be diagnosed in 2017, with 600,920 cancer deaths expected. The disease destroys the patient's immune system and causes it to shut down entirely. Each of the following is a part of traditional cancer treatment.