Promising metastasis prevention break-through

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It turns out that both breast and prostate cancers are cold tumors so could help prostate cancer survival too.

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Interesting and informative in as much as I was treated with the immunotherapy drug Keytruda for my Lung metastasis which was caused by a melanoma.

from the article: Thawing cold tumors

Immunotherapies, like pembrolizumab (Keytruda), work by blocking an immune-dampening interaction between a cancer cell and a T cell, a kind of immune cell. For this to be effective, though, T cells need to permeate the tumor. So-called “hot” tumors, like those in melanoma and a subset of lung cancer, are treatable through immunotherapies, but many others, like breast and pancreatic cancers, are “cold,” devoid of T cell infiltration.

Thank you, and a joyous New Year to you.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Tuesday 12/26/2023 6:40 PM EST