what is ipilimumab
It is a type of monoclonal antibody. Monoclonal antibodies are a type of biological therapy. Ipilimumab is a treatment for melanoma that is advanced. Advanced melanoma means that the melanoma has spread deeply into the skin and cannot be removed or it has spread to another part of the body.You may also have ipilimumab as part of clinical trials for other types of cancer including advanced prostate cancer.ou have ipilimumab into your bloodstream (intravenously). You can have it through a thin, short tube (a cannula) put into a vein in your arm each time you have treatment. Or you may have it through a central line, a portacath or a PICC line.