NONSPECIFIC IMMUNE STIMULATION – 1ST TYPE OF IMMUNOTHERAPY

Nonspecific immune stimulation is a type of immunotherapy that stimulates a patient’s immune response in a general way.

In non-specific immune stimulation, drugs or other substances are used

to increase the overall immune response, which can help kill cancer cells.

For example, some patients who have had surgery to remove bladder cancer may also be treated with a substance called BCG.

When BCG is put into the bladder, it can cause a non-specific immune response that kills cancer cells that remain in the bladder after surgery.

This may keep the cancer from getting worse or coming back.

Source: National Cancer Institute

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