Immunotherapy

Source: Ovarian Epithelial, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancers Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: November 22, 2024 · Captured 2026-09-09.

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Context: Treatment Option Overview / New types of treatment are being tested in clinical trials.

Immunotherapy is a treatment that uses the patient’s immune system to fight cancer. Substances made by the body or made in a laboratory are used to boost, direct, or restore the body’s natural defenses against cancer.

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Vaccine therapy is a cancer treatment that uses a substance or group of substances to stimulate the immune system to find the tumor and kill it. Vaccine therapy is being studied to treat advanced ovarian cancer.

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Vaccine therapy

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