How does immunotherapy treat acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)?

How does immunotherapy treat acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)?

Immunotherapy helps your body’s own immune system attack cancer cells. Immunotherapy may include:

• CAR T-cell therapy: CAR T-cell therapy removes immune cells from your body, alters them in a lab and returns them to your body where they can identify and attack leukemia cells. This type of therapy is usually reserved for ALL patients when chemo or combination of chemo and immunotherapy or targeted therapy does not work.
• Monoclonal antibodies: Synthetic (manmade) antibodies attack proteins on leukemia cells. They are usually combined with chemo or targeted therapy to make them more effective.