Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2020
Abstract
Immunotherapy is a form of cancer treatment that uses the artificial stimulation of the immune system to treat cancer, improving on the immune system's natural ability to fight the disease. Immunotherapy do not target the tumor directly but they interfere with the ability of cancer cells to avoid immune system attack.
Antibodies against the PDL-1 receptor and its PDL-1 ligand are the main focus of recent studies. Pembrolizumab is a humanized monoclonal immunoglobulin antibody directed against human cell surface receptor PD-1 (programmed cell death-1).