Yes, a patient receiving a bone marrow transplant will stay awake during the procedure.

Yes, patients become immunocompromised after a bone marrow transplant, but their immune systems usually recover after approximately two weeks.

Immunotherapy treatments are usually stopped after 2 years because, after that, the patient receiving the treatment has a higher chance of experiencing chronic treatment-related side effects.

For a patient to qualify for immunotherapy, they need to be diagnosed with one of the types of cancers that can be treated with immunotherapy. Typically, immunotherapy is also only given to patients who have advanced cancer.

Typically, a doctor will suggest immunotherapy for lung cancer if the disease is in its late stages or when other treatment options simply didn’t work. It also might be used in combination with other cancer treatment options.

There are multiple different kinds of cancer that can be treated with immunotherapy:

When you arrive at your immunotherapy treatment, your doctor will most likely go through the entire procedure with you to ensure you feel comfortable. Then they will administer the treatment, which can be done intravenously, directly into a muscle or under the skin. The treatment session will last anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes, after […]

Very few patients have side effects after their very first immunotherapy treatment, but those who do have side effects usually experience fatigue, fever, headaches, diarrhea and localized rashes.

Immunotherapy fights off cancer cells with the help of the patient’s immune system, while targeted therapy uses specific drugs that target any abnormalities within cells.