Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy.

Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy have been the foundation of cancer treatment. Advances in the field of immunology (a branch of science that studies all aspects of the immune system) have led to a greater understanding of the ways in which the body’s own defenses can be used for treatment of blood cancers. Cancer researchers are now studying how the immune system can help destroy cancer cells. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that uses a patient’s own T cells to recognize and attack cancer cells.