Yervoy
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| Term | Yervoy |
| Short definition | Yervoy - (pronounced) (YER Voy) drug that binds to the protein CTLA-4 to help immune cells kill cancer cells better and is used to treat many different types of cancer. These include cancers that have certain mutations (changes) in genes involved in DNA repair. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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Yervoy - (pronounced) (YER Voy) drug that binds to the protein CTLA-4 to help immune cells kill cancer cells better and is used to treat many different types of cancer. These include cancers that have certain mutations (changes) in genes involved in DNA repair. Yervoy is used alone or with other medicines to treat certain types of colon cancer, gullet cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (a type of liver cancer), malignant pleural mesothelioma, melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer and renal cell carcinoma (a type of kidney cancer). It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Yervoy can block CTLA-4 and help the immune system kill cancer cells. It's a type of monoclonal antibody and a type of immune checkpoint inhibitor. Also called ipilimumab and MDX-010
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