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Biologic Therapy

Biologic therapy, also called immunotherapy, works with your immune system to fight disease. Biologic therapy is like chemotherapy, but with a different approach. Chemotherapy attacks the diseased cells directly, whereas biologic therapy helps your immune system fight the disease

Monoclonal antibodies work by targeting certain molecules found on the surface of cells within the body. These medications work by attaching themselves to those molecules, which causes some cells to die and makes others more likely to be destroyed by radiation and chemotherapy.

Radiolabeled antibodies are monoclonal antibodies with radioactive particles attached. These antibodies are designed to attach themselves directly to the diseased cells and damage them with small amounts of radiation without injuring nearby healthy tissue.

Cell therapy, like CAR-T, uses a patient’s cells that are taken from the blood and engineered to target certain molecules on patient’s lymphoma cells.