T Cell Therapies Offer a New Way to Treat Gynecologic Cancers - On Cancer - Memorial Sloan Kettering
T Cell Therapies Offer a New Way to Treat Gynecologic Cancers - On Cancer - Memorial Sloan Kettering T Cell Therapies Offer a New Way to Treat Gynecologic Cancers - On Cancer - Memorial Sloan Kettering Posted: 29 Sep 2020 09:00 PM PDT Summary MSK currently has a number of trials investigating the use of T cell therapies in gynecologic therapy — an approach that's beginning to show promise in treating these and other solid tumors. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 113,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer every year. Memorial Sloan Kettering is a leader in treating people with these cancers, which include tumors of the cervix , ovaries , and uterus . Among the new treatments being developed for gynecologic cancers are a type of immunotherapy called T cell therapies. These are treatments in which a patient's own immune cells are modified to recognize and attack cancer cells....