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I’m an amateur but have read a bunch about the new targeted therapies, like immunotherapy. Immunotherapy seems to only work in a small percentage of tumors with
by melling 2y ago
I’m an amateur but have read a bunch about the new targeted therapies, like immunotherapy. Immunotherapy seems to only work in a small percentage of tumors with a lot of mutations. It’s easier to get your immune system to attack those.
There are other targeted therapies depending on the genetic makeup of the tumor.
BRAF, RAS, KRAS, NRAS, HER2, BRCA, …
Maybe start here. There’s an incredible amount to learn.
https://amp.cancer.org/cancer/types/ovarian-cancer/treating/targeted-therapy.html https://amp.cancer.org/cancer/types/ovarian-cancer/treating/...
One really interesting advance is histotripsy which uses ultrasound to go after the cancer that has spread to your liver.
https://histosonics.com/the-science/ https://histosonics.com/the-science/
Lots of informative YouTube videos. Look for ones by ASCO, Stanford, Mayo,MD Anderson, …