What is the Immune System and Immunotherapy in Multiple Myeloma?

HealthTree University: Immunotherapy Basics Part 1 of 4

Your immune system is what is used to fight off diseases to keep you healthy and strong. Immunotherapy is a developing treatment to both help kill the myeloma directly and help train your immune system to fight off myeloma. Understanding immunotherapy can open up new possibilities in treatments available to you when all other treatments are either unavailable or don't seem to work. We've assembled this course which features the top world experts on immunotherapy to teach you about these latest advances in myeloma research. You can watch the entire course on HealthTree University.

13.01    What is the immune system?

13.02    What is immunotherapy?

13.03    What is cellular therapy? Is it the same as adoptive cell therapy?

13.04    What are antigens and neoantigens?

We’d like to thank our faculty who donated their time in creating these videos, including:

• Joshua Richter, MD
• Ivan Borrello, MD
• Aaron Rapoport, MD
• Martin Kaiser, MD
• Madhav Dhodapkar, MBBS
• Shebli Atrash, MD
• Barry Paul, MD

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We have over 500 HealthTree University videos online at Healthtree.org! Learn the basics (and the not-so-basics) of myeloma from some of the top myeloma doctors in the world!

• Myeloma Basics Part 1
• Myeloma Basics Part 2
• Myeloma Basics Part 3
• Myeloma Care Basics
• Building Your Healthcare Team
• Becoming an Empowered Patient
• Starting Myeloma Treatment
• Know Your Therapy
• Know Your Labs: Blood and Urine Testing in Myeloma
• Autologous Stem Cell Transplant (ASCT)
• Precursor Conditions
• Relapsed and Refractory MM Treatment
• Classes of Drugs
• Immunotherapy
• Myeloma Bone Disease
• Imaging in Myeloma
• MRD Testing
• Basic Genetics and Cancer Biology
• Myeloma Genetics
• Types of Genetic Testing in Myeloma
• Specific Myeloma Genetics Mutations and Risk
• Precision Medicine
• Financial Advice for Myeloma Patients and Their Families
• Geriatric Care and Myeloma
• Myeloma Kidney Disease
• Amyloidosis
• Myeloma Basics (Spanish)
• COVID-19 and Multiple Myeloma
• Complementary and Integrated Therapy
• Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant
• Survivorship
• Clinical Trials
• Understanding Basic Blood tests
• Myeloma Vaccines