AP+Questions+19.4

19.4 Questions:
1. What three types of therapy are presently the standard ways to treat cancer?
 * Surgery, Radiation therapy, and chemotherapy

2. What is an active form of immunotherapy and a passive form of immunotherapy for cancer?
 * An active form of immunotherapy is whnn cancer has entered he body and the immune system has failed to get rid of the cancer cells.
 * Passive form of immunotherapy are antibodies of the same type because they are produced by the same plasma cell, which are designed yo zero the receptor proteins of cancer cells. The antibodies also increase the killing power of monoclonal antibodies.

3. What type of p53 therapy is available?
 * p53 genes is the only gene to trigger cell death only in cancer cells. Adenovirus is a process that can infect and kill only cells that lack a p53 gene.

4. What is the rationale for antiangiogenesis therapy?
 * Antiangiogenic drugs confine and reduce tumors by breaking up the network of new capillaries in the vicinity of a tumor.

One promisng treatment is FOR Hodgkin lymphoma because it identifies a protein that prevents the body's immune system from recognizing and attacking Hodgkin lymphoma cells. PROVIDE LINK TO THIS INFORMATION TOO.