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Antibody therapy and other targeted therapies
Antibodies are proteins in your blood. When you have an infection, your body makes antibodies. The antibodies stick to proteins on the surface of bacteria or viruses that cause infection. They signal to your body to get rid of them.
Antibody therapy is a drug treatment. It uses antibodies that have been made in a laboratory. Just like bacteria and viruses, lymphoma cells have proteins on their surface. The antibodies target these proteins, stick to them and mark the lymphoma cells to be killed by your immune system.
Some antibody treatments are joined to another treatment, eg chemotherapy, to help target that treatment to the lymphoma cell.
Rituximab (MabThera) is the antibody treatment most often given to treat lymphoma. It can be given on its own or with chemotherapy.
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There are many other new, targeted treatments that are now being used or are being tested for lymphoma.
New, targeted drugs work in different ways to stop cancer cells growing or dividing, to cause cancer cells to die, or to help
the immune system to recognise and destroy the cancer cells. These drugs target the lymphoma cells more precisely than does chemotherapy. This helps to reduce the effect of treatment on healthy cells.

Antibody therapy and other targeted therapies
Antibodies are proteins in your blood. When you have an infection, your body makes antibodies. The antibodies stick to proteins on the surface of bacteria or viruses that cause infection. They signal to your body to get rid of them.
Antibody therapy is a drug treatment. It uses antibodies that have been made in a laboratory. Just like bacteria and viruses, lymphoma cells have proteins on their surface. The antibodies target these proteins, stick to them and mark the lymphoma cells to be killed by your immune system.
Some antibody treatments are joined to another treatment, eg chemotherapy, to help target that treatment to the lymphoma cell.
Rituximab (MabThera®) is the antibody treatment most often given to treat lymphoma. It can be given on its own or with chemotherapy.
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There are many other new, targeted treatments that are now being used or are being tested for lymphoma.
New, targeted drugs work in different ways to stop cancer cells growing or dividing, to cause cancer cells to die, or to help
the immune system to recognise and destroy the cancer cells. These drugs target the lymphoma cells more precisely than does chemotherapy. This helps to reduce the effect of treatment on healthy cells.