Immunotherapy in Lucknow | Advanced Cancer Treatment at I D Cancer Centre
Advanced Cancer Treatment That Strengthens Your Immune System
Immunotherapy is one of the most revolutionary cancer treatments available today. Instead of using medicines to directly kill cancer cells, immunotherapy helps your own immune system recognize, attack, and destroy cancer cells naturally.
What Is Immunotherapy?
Your immune system protects you from infections and diseases. Cancer sometimes “hides” from the immune system or weakens it.
Immunotherapy boosts and trains your immune system to fight cancer more effectively.
Your immune system protects you from infections and diseases. Cancer sometimes “hides” from the immune system or weakens it.
Immunotherapy boosts and trains your immune system to fight cancer more effectively.
In simple words:
Immunotherapy helps your body’s natural defense system identify and kill cancer cells.
Immunotherapy helps your body’s natural defense system identify and kill cancer cells.
⭐ Why Immunotherapy Is Needed
Immunotherapy is used when:
Immunotherapy is used when:
✔ Cancer has specific markers or immune-related targets
E.g., PD-L1 positivity, MSI-high, TMB-high, or certain genetic profiles.
E.g., PD-L1 positivity, MSI-high, TMB-high, or certain genetic profiles.
✔ Cancer stops responding to chemotherapy
Immunotherapy may still work even when other treatments fail.
Immunotherapy may still work even when other treatments fail.
✔ Cancer has spread (metastatic disease)
Helps control the disease for longer periods.
Helps control the disease for longer periods.
✔ To improve survival in many cancers
Especially lung, kidney, melanoma, cervical, and lymphoma.
Especially lung, kidney, melanoma, cervical, and lymphoma.
✔ To reduce side effects
It usually has fewer severe side effects compared to chemotherapy.
It usually has fewer severe side effects compared to chemotherapy.
⭐ How Immunotherapy Works
Different immunotherapy medicines work through different mechanisms:
Different immunotherapy medicines work through different mechanisms:
1. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Medicines like Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab, Atezolizumab remove the “brakes” from the immune system, allowing it to attack cancer cells.
Medicines like Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab, Atezolizumab remove the “brakes” from the immune system, allowing it to attack cancer cells.
2. Monoclonal Antibodies
Lab-made proteins that attach to cancer cells and flag them for destruction.
Lab-made proteins that attach to cancer cells and flag them for destruction.
3. CAR-T Cell Therapy
4. Immunomodulators
Boost general immune activity.
Boost general immune activity.
⭐ Which Cancers Benefit from Immunotherapy?
Immunotherapy is widely used for:
Lung cancer
Kidney cancer
Liver cancer
Melanoma (skin cancer)
Head & neck cancers
Lymphoma & Hodgkin disease
Cervical cancer
Bladder cancer
MSI-high colorectal cancers
Prostate cancer (selected cases)
Ovarian cancer (selected cases)
Not all patients qualify — proper testing helps decide who benefits most.
Immunotherapy is widely used for:
Lung cancer
Kidney cancer
Liver cancer
Melanoma (skin cancer)
Head & neck cancers
Lymphoma & Hodgkin disease
Cervical cancer
Bladder cancer
MSI-high colorectal cancers
Prostate cancer (selected cases)
Ovarian cancer (selected cases)
Not all patients qualify — proper testing helps decide who benefits most.
⭐ Benefits of Immunotherapy
✔ Longer-lasting cancer control
Some patients remain disease-free for years.
Some patients remain disease-free for years.
✔ Works even in advanced cancer
✔ Better tolerated than chemotherapy
Less hair loss, less vomiting, fewer blood-related side effects.
Less hair loss, less vomiting, fewer blood-related side effects.
✔ Helps the body fight cancer naturally
✔ Can be combined with radiation or chemotherapy
Improves treatment response.
Improves treatment response.
⭐ Possible Side Effects of Immunotherapy
Side effects come from increased immune activity:
Fatigue
Skin rash
Mild diarrhea
Thyroid imbalance
Fever or joint pain
Rare: inflammation of lungs, liver, or intestines
Most side effects are mild and manageable with timely treatment.
Side effects come from increased immune activity:
Fatigue
Skin rash
Mild diarrhea
Thyroid imbalance
Fever or joint pain
Rare: inflammation of lungs, liver, or intestines
Most side effects are mild and manageable with timely treatment.
⭐ Immunotherapy at I D Cancer Centre
1. Expert evaluation & biomarker testing
Tests like PD-L1, MSI, TMB, NGS.
Tests like PD-L1, MSI, TMB, NGS.
2. Personalized treatment plan
Following NCCN, ESMO, and ASCO guidelines.
Following NCCN, ESMO, and ASCO guidelines.
3. Safe day-care infusion setup
Comfortable rooms and trained oncology nurses.
Comfortable rooms and trained oncology nurses.
4. Continuous monitoring
Regular blood tests, scans, and toxicity assessment.
Regular blood tests, scans, and toxicity assessment.
5. Affordable & ethical care
Clear explanations about benefits, limitations, and costs.
Clear explanations about benefits, limitations, and costs.
Why Choose I D Cancer Centre?
✔ SGPGIMS-trained cancer specialist
Accurate selection of patients who benefit most.
Accurate selection of patients who benefit most.
✔ Full oncology services under one roof
Immunotherapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy.
Immunotherapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy.
✔ Safe infusion day-care setup
✔ Evidence-based cancer care
✔ Patient-friendly environment
Conclusion
Immunotherapy is one of the most powerful modern cancer treatments, helping the immune system fight cancer naturally and effectively.
Immunotherapy is one of the most powerful modern cancer treatments, helping the immune system fight cancer naturally and effectively.
