immunotherapy

(noun)

the treatment of cancer by improving the ability of the host to reject a tumor immunologically

Related Terms

  • allogenic
  • autologous

Examples of immunotherapy in the following topics:

  • Immunotherapy for Cancer

    • Cancer immunotherapy is the use of the body's own immune system to reject cancer.
    • Cancer immunotherapy is the use of the body's own immune system to reject cancer.
    • Cell-based immunotherapy is another major entity of cancer immunotherapy.
    • GD2 is thus a convenient tumor-specific target for immunotherapies.
    • The development and testing of second-generation immunotherapies is already under way.
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergy

    • Studies have demonstrated the long-term efficacy and the preventive effect of immunotherapy in reducing the development of new allergies.
    • A second form of immunotherapy involves the intravenous injection of monoclonal anti-IgE antibodies.
  • Burkitt's Lymphoma

    • Other treatments are immunotherapy, bone marrow transplants, stem cell transplant, surgery to remove the tumor, and radiotherapy.
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