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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Cancer Immunology''' β The study of the interactions between the immune system and cancer cells. * '''Immunotherapy''' β A type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer. * '''Checkpoint Inhibitors''' β Drugs that "Unblock" the immune system by stopping the cancer's "Secret Handshake." * '''CAR-T Cell Therapy''' β A treatment where a patient's T-cells are genetically engineered in a lab to hunt their specific cancer. * '''Tumor-Associated Antigen (TAA)''' β A protein found on cancer cells that the immune system can use to identify them. * '''Immune Evasion''' β The strategies cancer uses to hide from or "Turn off" the immune cells. * '''PD-1 / PD-L1''' β The "Checkpoint" molecules that cancer uses to tell T-cells to "Go to sleep." * '''Metastasis''' β The spread of cancer cells to new areas of the body; immunotherapy is often the only way to find and kill these "Hidden" cells. * '''Cytokines (Cancer)''' β Chemicals like Interferon that are used to "Boost" the immune response against a tumor. * '''Neoantigens''' β Brand new proteins created by the mutations in cancer that the immune system has "Never seen before." </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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