Colon cancer
Targeted antibodies:
- Cetuximab
Cetuximab is a monoclonal antibody that targets the tumor cells on the EGFR pathway and treats the patients with advanced stages of EGFR positive colon cancer.
- Bevacizumab
It is a monoclonal antibody that kills the tumor cells on VEGFR/VEG pathway by inhibiting the growth of tumors in blood vessels. Bevacizumab is the first line treatment for p atients with advanced colon cancer.
- Ramucircumab
It is monoclonal antibody immunotherapy treatment that works best for patients with advanced colon cancer by targeting on the VEGFR2/VEGF pathway.
- Panitumumab
It is monoclonal antibody that specifically targets the tumors on EGFR pathway and works best for patients with advanced stages of EGFR positive colon cancer.
Immunotherapy is one of the highly effective cancer treatments with fewer side effects, increased promise of survival rate, and better quality of life but is quite expensive at the same time. The use of combination drugs, multiple drugs, the cancer vaccines can be highly expensive for the patients. Moreover, the prolonged duration of immunotherapy by using potentially potent drugs or vaccines and multiple rounds of therapy for certain patients can cost you a fortune.
References
- https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2019/immunotherapy-cancer-autoimmune-diseases-clinical-trial#:~:text=Researchers%20have%20launched%20a%20clinical,detect%20and%20kill%20tumor%20cells.
- https://www.cancercenter.com/treatment-options/precision-medicine/immunotherapy
- https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/treatment-types/immunotherapy/what-is-immunotherapy.html#:~:text=Immunotherapy%20is%20treatment%20that%20uses,find%20and%20attack%20cancer%20cells
- https://www.cancerresearch.org/immunotherapy/treatment-types
- https://www.cancerresearch.org/immunotherapy-side-effects#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20most%20common,localized%20rashes%20and%2For%20blisters%2C
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- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08702-7
- https://www.uclahealth.org/u-magazine/immunotherapy-improves-five-year-survival-rate-of-people-with-advanced-lung-cancer#:~:text=In%20a%20study%20led%20by,lived%20at%20least%20that%20long.
- https://www.healthline.com/health/skin-cancer/immunotherapy-success-rates-for-melanoma#success-rates
- https://www.cancerresearch.org/immunotherapy/cancer-types