Journalist Denise Grady reports that a new study found out that lung cancer patients can significantly lengthen their life with a new type of drug which can arouse their immune system, treating along with chemotherapy. Immunotherapy includes the use of four drugs that ultilize the patients' own immune cells, which target to kill cancerous cells. "Chemotherapy could pop open the bags, release the contents and help immune cells — unleashed by the checkpoint drugs — to identify their prey" Dr. Herbst - Chief of Medical Oncology at the Yale Cancer Center - explained the theory how immunotherapy works to treat lung cancer. However, the newly found treatment does have it disadvantage - the side effects. A group of patients with immunotherapy encounter more kidney problems and other immune-related diseases that may cause them to stop the therapy.
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