Fact Sheets

Clinical Trials
New drugs and medical treatments need to go through a series tests called clinical trials. This is how new and better treatments are made possible.
Cancer Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is a treatment that taps into the body's immune system to fight cancer. Learn more about this treatment.
Pediatric Cancer Immunotherapy
Immune therapy uses the body’s own immune system to attack cancer cells. Pediatric cancer immunotherapy has become an important treatment for many childhood cancers.
CAR T-Cell Therapy
Car T-Cell Therapy is a form of immunotherapy that uses modified T-cells within a patient's body to kill cancer cells. Learn more about this treatment.
Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
Any problem that affects your healthy tissue and organs and arises as a result of cancer treatment is called a cancer treatment side effect.
Hormonal Therapy for Cancer
Doctors may decide to interfere with hormone production in order to stop cancer from spreading, slow it down or decrease the odds it will come back.
Pediatric Chemotherapy
More than 80 percent of children diagnosed with cancer are cured, and chemotherapy is an effective treatment for childhood cancer.
Cancer
Whether for screenings, diagnosis, or treatment for yourself or someone you care about, Yale Cancer Center offers multidisciplinary care.
Cancer-Related Fatigue
Fatigue is a common side effect of treatment for cancer. Learn more about symptoms and treatment.
Photopheresis
Photopheresis (also known as extracorporeal photochemotherapy, ECP) is a blood-filtering treatment that works with your body’s own immune system to treat disease.