Introduction to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) Immunotherapy

This video will explain what immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) immunotherapy is and how it uses your body's immune system to fight cancer.

Time Stamps:
00:00 Title and Learning Objectives
00:22 What is Immunotherapy
02:13 What are checkpoint proteins
03:10 How ICI immunotherapy works to fight cancer
04:43 Learning Objectives and Credits

For more information on ICI immunotherapy, read the UHN Pamphlet, Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment: Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICI), at https://www.uhn.ca/PatientsFamilies/H...

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