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by suyash 2993 days ago
Bad reporting - fails to explain what Immunotherapy actually is, jargons all over. Can anyone explain in simple terms?
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Check out the cancer.gov page[1], which does a decent job of giving an overview. The drug in question, pembrolizumab, is a monoclonal antibody (you can tell because the name ends with '-mab'), and you can read more about how those work on this page[2].

[1] https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects...

[2] https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects...