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Course Description

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Immunotherapy for cancer treatment has become a popular and important topic of study, and has been refined over recent years as our understanding of the interactions between tumors and the immune system improves. This seven week course will provide a brief background of the relationship between tumors, their microenvironment, and the immune system, before diving into the history of the earliest immune therapies, and making our way through the progression and development of newer therapeutic approaches. This course will focus on different ways to train our immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells, including vaccines, chimeric antigen receptor therapy, antibody therapy, adoptive cell transfer, oncolytic viruses, as well as clinical trials and other more theoretical methods which are still being developed with current research. This course will provide a current overview of immunotherapeutic approaches to treating cancer for those with a working knowledge of cancer and immunology.

Learner Outcomes

When you complete the course successfully, you will be able to:

  • Describe how the immune system detects tumors, and how cancer cells can evade this detection
  • Explain why various mechanisms of immune escape are exploitable with therapeutic targeting
  • Discuss the benefits and fallbacks of immunotherapies from past and present
  • Demonstrate where the field requires improvement moving into the future

Credentials

This course applies toward the Advanced Cancer Biology Discovery and Biomedical Sciences Endeavor digital badges.

   

What FAES Learners are Saying

"The learning was supported not only by the lectures but additional forms of media such as a podcast. The recommended readings were interesting too." - FAES Learner
 

Textbook Information

There is no textbook for purchase required for this course.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with basic immunology is strictly required; prior college-level coursework in immunology is highly encouraged. If you are unsure that you meet the prerequisite requirements, please contact registrar@faes.org and provide information about your course of interest and background knowledge.

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Section Title
Cancer Immunotherapy
Type
Online Asynchronous
Dates
Mar 25, 2026 to May 12, 2026
Total Cost (Includes $75 non-refundable technology fee per course when applicable)
Eligible Discounts Can Be Applied at Checkout (1 Credits) $425.00
Potential Discount(s)
Available for Academic Credit
1 Credit(s)
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