Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy involves the use of the body's own immune system to treat cancer. Immunotherapy tries to get your own body to fight cancer by using materials made by your own body, or made in a laboratory, to boost, direct, or restore your body's natural defenses against disease. For example, the use of immunotherapy to treat melanoma involves injecting a medication (called interferon) to boost the body's own immune system, helping it to slow the growth of the cancer.

Locations

The following Crozer-Keystone hospitals offer immunotherapy services:

Crozer-Chester Medical Center
One Medical Center Boulevard
Upland, PA 19013    

Delaware County Memorial Hospital
501 North Lansdowne Avenue
Drexel Hill, PA 19026 

Springfield Hospital
190 West Sproul Road
Springfield, PA 19064

Taylor Hospital
175 East Chester Pike
Ridley Park, PA 19064