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Understanding Cancer Series: The Immune System
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    Posted: 01/28/2005    Reviewed: 09/01/2006
Slide 33  :  Immunotherapy

A new approach to cancer therapy uses antibodies that have been specially made to recognize specific cancers.

When coupled with natural toxins, drugs, or radioactive substances, the antibodies seek out their target cancer cells and deliver their lethal load. Alternatively, toxins can be linked to a lymphokine and routed to cells equipped with receptors for the lymphokine.

Immunotherapy