Cancer Biotherapeutics

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Cancer Biotherapeutics encompasses all biologically derived materials that have been processed or engineered to treat cancer, including cancer-killing viruses, immune cell therapies and antibody therapies.  All of these therapies have mechanisms that enlist the immune system (are immunotherapeutic), are highly promising and targeted, and are the subject of much excitement in research. In contrast to conventional therapies, biotherapeutics for cancer treatment are not based on man-made chemicals that flood the system with toxins. Biotherapeutics are designed to specifically target cancer cells without harming healthy cells, which results in greater effectiveness and fewer, less severe, side effects. Even in early phase clinical trials, biotherapeutics have provided complete remission for a number of patients who had run out of treatment options.