What is Immunotherapy? Cancer immunotherapy is the artificial stimulation of the immune system to treat cancer. It helps in improving the immune system's natural ability to destroy the cancer cells.In 2018, researchers Dr.james P.Allison of Univers

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*Oncology Concepts**Maintenance Therapy in Cancer Treatment*✓#MaintenanceTherapy is a form of cancer treatment given either orally or Intravenously #aftercompletion of #InitialPrimarySystemic treatment for #advancedCancers.✓The #purpose of mainte

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ONCOLOGY CONCEPTS * Neo- Adjuvant Chemotherapy*-#NeoadjuvantChemotherapy means use of Chemotherapy/targeted therapy before definitive local treatments like Surgery or Radiation.- Neoadjuvant Chemotherpy has many #advantages 1) Helps in shrinkin

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Targeted Therapy in Lung Cancer:With the Advent of precision medicine, treatment of lung cancer has underwent revolutionary discoveries providing simple, oral and selective and most effective treatment for patients with stage 4 lung cancer.Targeted

Targeted Therapy in Lung Cancer:With the Advent of precision medicine, treatment of lung cancer has underwent revolutionary discoveries providing simple, oral and selective and most effective treatment for patients with stage 4 lung cancer.Targeted