Immunotherapies in children: CAR-T cell therapy | A Family's Guide to Childhood Cancer
The so-called CAR T-cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that can be used under very specific conditions. In the video, you’ll learn exactly how CAR T-cell therapy fights cancer cells in the body, when it can be used for children and adolescents with cancer, and how the treatment is carried out. This video was produced in German and translated to English via HeyGen AI. Therefore, certain objects and movements may appear unnatural. Credit: Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) / Aempathy GmbH #childhoodcancer #kitzheidelberg “A Family’s Guide to Childhood Cancer” is a video series by Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) and Dr. Johannes Wimmer, funded by the German Children’s Cancer Foundation (https://www.kinderkrebsstiftung.de/). The video content was created in collaboration with the medical, psychosocial, and nursing team, as well as the scientists at Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (https://www.kitz-heidelberg.de/) and the team of the Cancer Information Service (https://www.krebsinformationsdienst.de). KiTZ is a joint institution of Heidelberg University Hospital (https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de), the German Cancer Research Center (https://www.dkfz.de), and Heidelberg University. The videos are available free of charge to all pediatric oncology institutions and can be requested at: [email protected]. The videos can also be found on the following channels: https://www.kitz-heidelberg.de/newsro... / kinderkrebsstiftung https://www.doktorwimmer.de/partner More about KiTZ: ➡️ / kitz_hd ➡️ / kitzheidelberg ➡️ / hopp-childrens-cancer-center-heidelberg-kitz Comprehensive information on childhood cancer is also available on the website kinderkrebsinfo.de of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology (GPOH). Please understand that we cannot address questions about different cancer types here. For specific questions regarding the diagnosis and treatment of an affected child or adolescent, the best contacts are your treating physician and the ward team. For general questions about the development of cancer and cancer therapies, the Cancer Information Service of the DKFZ can provide assistance (https://www.krebsinformationsdienst.de).