The History of Cancer Immunotherapy
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Since the 1950s, cancer treatment had relied only on surgery, radiotherapy, and anticancer drugs (chemotherapy and smart molecules); now immunotherapies have been added.
Briefly defined as “activating immune cells against cancer”, immunotherapies entered intensive use after 2011, but their history extends further back. The infographic poster below shows this fascinating history.
Much more detailed information is available in our article Immunotherapy and Cancer Vaccine.
- Tragedy, Perseverance, and Chance – The Story of CAR-T Therapy
- 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine for cancer immunotherapy research goes to James Allison and Tasuku Honjo
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