Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that harnesses your own immune system to fight cancer. Immunotherapy treats many cancer types — including colon cancer. “We know that 5 percent or so of colon cancers will have a good response to immune checkpoint inhibitors,” says 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.
Clark, J.W., et al. (2022). Patient education: Colorectal cancer treatment; metastatic cancer (beyond the basics). UpToDate.
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