Welcome to this short guide on CAR T Cell Therapy. It will explain what CAR T cell therapy is and which types of patients it might help. CAR T cell therapy is one type of immunotherapy.

Immunotherapies use your body’s immune system to identify, attack, and kill cancer cells. In general, the immune system recognizes cells that don’t belong in your body and attacks them. T cells are the immune system’s soldiers. They travel throughout your body to find and attack harmful or abnormal cells, like bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. But T cells can have a hard time finding cancer cells to attack

A healthy diet is an important part of a head and neck cancer patient’s journey before, during, and after treatment. Eating healthy can help prevent weight loss, lack of appetite, and other side effects of head and neck cancer treatment. It can also help you feel better and respond better to your cancer treatment.

Coping With Head and Neck Cancer explains how to cope with the side effects of head and neck cancer. It includes how to deal with stigma around head and neck cancer, eating and swallowing problems, restoring speech, and stoma care. It also explains what lymphedema (head and neck swelling) and trismus (problems with opening your mouth fully) are. Finally, it offers tips for living with your head and neck cancer, tips for caregivers, and tips for finding support.

Watch the webinar, Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Who Is Missing From Cancer Clinical Trials that took place on November 20, 2017. Three advocates will discuss which groups are missing from cancer clinical trials and how we can address this.

Watch the webinar, Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Clinical Trials and Immunotherapy, that took place on October 24, 2016, for what you need to know about immunotherapy treatment and finding clinical trials that might be right for you. Immunotherapy works by boosting the body’s natural ability to fight cancer. 

Clinical Trials: A Narrative Chapter Eight discusses how clinical trials focus on the whole person, not just cancer. Some clinical trials focus on improving physical and mental health.

Clinical Trials: A Narrative Chapter Seven. What is a good outcome of a clinical trial, what are the next steps if a treatment doesn't work, and what it means to be a part of a clinical trial for others facing a diagnosis.