A treatment using the body's immune system to fight skin cancer by the immune response recognizing and killing the cells.
Immunotherapy, upregulating natural immunity, is specifically programmed to attack and break down skin cancer cells.
Various forms, like a checkpoint inhibitor and a cytokine, have specific functions in the treatment of skin cancer.
Immunotherapy is a more directed treatment that minimizes the occurrence of side effects as compared to chemotherapy and radiation.
Growing developments in immunotherapy, on the other hand promise less invasive and more personalized skin cancer treatments.