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Immunotherapy is the newest type of treatment available for people with cancer. For decades, doctors and researchers have conducted clinical trials to further the progress in immunotherapy as cancer treatment. Former President Jimmy Carter's success with immunotherapy for advanced melanoma and Vice President Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot Initiative have brought this new treatment type, as well as cancer treatments in general, into the spotlight for the general public. This guide, published by Patient Resource Publishing in partnership with the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), outlines available immunotherapy options for melanoma, the role of the immune system in cancer treatment, and what to expect while undergoing treatment. This resource also lists ongoing melanoma immunotherapy clinical trials (as of October 2016).

#2016#SkinCancers#PatientAdvocate#Patient#SITC#PatientResourceGuides
#Melanoma#Cytokines#OncolyticViruses#Vaccines#ImmuneCheckpointInhibitors
#MonoclonalAntibodies#Antigenpresentingcells#Bcells#Tcells#Imiquimod#Ipilimumab
#Nivolumab#Pembrolizumab#AdverseEvents#SideEffects#ClinicalTrials