Overview
Dendritic cell therapy (also known as DC therapy) is a type of immunotherapy which seeks to strengthen the body's natural immune system to fight diseases such as cancer. Dendritic cells are the main cells of the immune system and play a central role in the recognition and destruction of foreign or altered cells. DC therapy involves the extraction of a patient’s dendritic cells, treatment of them in a laboratory to activate their natural abilities to find and fight against foreign or altered cells, and then reinfusing them back into the patient’s body. DC therapy has shown promise in laboratory studies, as well as in clinical studies and clinical trials, for the treatment of a variety of different types of cancers. It is a very promising form of cancer therapy with potential applications in many other diseases as well.