Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that harnesses your own immune system to fight cancer. Immunotherapy treats many cancer types — including colon cancer.
In this video, learn about the role of immunotherapy in colon cancer treatment, according to Elliot Newman, MD, Chief of Surgical Oncology at Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health System.
Dr. Newman is the Chief of Surgical Oncology at Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health System, and a professor at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
References
American Cancer Society. (2020). Immunotherapy for colorectal cancer.
Cornista, A. M., et al. (2023). Colorectal cancer immunotherapy: State of the art and future directions. Gastro Hep Advances.
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Brittany DoohanBrittany Doohan was the Content Director at HealthiNation and is currently the Editorial Director at Medscape. Through her work with Medscape, she won a Silver Telly Award in May 2022 for "Sleepless Nation: A Public Health Epidemic — Episode 2: A Decade Without a Diagnosis." She has worked in health journalism and video production for more than 8 years, and loves the challenge of explaining complex topics in an easy-to-understand and creative way.
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