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How OPDIVO Works
How Does OPDIVO® Work With My Immune System?
OPDIVO is an immunotherapy treatment that works with the T cells of your immune system.
Learning more about the treatment, including how it may work, can help you to have better conversations with your healthcare team and be empowered to make more informed treatment decisions.
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Watch this video to see how OPDIVO can work with your immune stystem to fight cancer.
OPDIVO can cause your T cells to attack healthy cells contained within organs and tissues in any area of your body and can affect the way they work. These problems can sometimes become serious or life-threatening and can lead to death, and may happen anytime during treatment or even after your treatment has ended.
SELECT IMPORTANT FACTS
OPDIVO can cause problems that can sometimes become serious or life-threatening and can lead to death. Serious side effects may include lung problems (pneumonitis); intestinal problems (colitis) that can lead to tears or holes in your intestine; liver problems (hepatitis); hormone gland problems (especially the thyroid, pituitary, adrenal glands, and pancreas); kidney problems, including nephritis and kidney failure; skin problems; inflammation of the brain (encephalitis); problems in other organs; and severe infusion reactions.
What Do My T cells Do to Cancer Cells?
Like a radar, your immune system’s T cells are always searching for threats. Once T cells recognize threats like cancer cells, they become active and attack them in order to help protect your body.
Here’s a Closer Look at How OPDIVO Works Inside Your Body:
How does cancer escape my T cells?
Sometimes, cancer cells are able to disguise themselves from T cells. If this happens, cancer cells inactivate T cells so the T cells cannot attack. This allows cancer to grow more easily.
How does OPDIVO work inside my body?
OPDIVO may help T cells recognize and attack cancer cells again, by blocking cancer’s ability to disguise itself. This allows your T cells to be active and to attack. While doing so, OPDIVO could also cause your T cells to attack healthy cells in your body.
OPDIVO can cause your T cells to attack healthy cells contained within organs and tissues in any area of your body and can affect the way they work. These problems can sometimes become serious or life-threatening and can lead to death, and may happen anytime during treatment or even after your treatment has ended.
OPDIVO can cause problems that can sometimes become serious or life-threatening and can lead to death. Serious side effects may include:
- lung problems (pneumonitis)
- intestinal problems (colitis) that can lead to tears or holes in your intestine
- liver problems (hepatitis)
- hormone gland problems (especially the thyroid, pituitary, adrenal glands, and pancreas)
- kidney problems, including nephritis and kidney failure
- skin problems
- inflammation of the brain (encephalitis)
- problems in other organs
- severe infusion reactions
Complimentary support, tools, and educational resources for anyone considering or currently taking OPDIVO. Call 1-855-OPDIVO-1 or click to learn more.
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Whether you are considering OPDIVO or are already on treatment, here are some frequently asked questions.
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