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    Immunotherapy

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    Definition 1

    A type of biological therapy that uses substances to stimulate or suppress the immune system to help the body fight cancer, infection, and other diseases. Some types of immunotherapy only target certain cells of the immune system. Others affect the immune system in a general way. Types of immunotherapy include cytokines, vaccines, bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), and some monoclonal antibodies. (NCI Dictionary)

    Definition 2

    Therapy designed to induce changes in a patient's immune status in order to treat disease. (NCI Thesaurus)

    Definition 3

    A therapy designed to induce changes in a patient's immune status. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

    Definition 4

    Treatment to boost or restore the ability of the immune system to fight cancer, infections, and other diseases. Also used to lessen certain side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments. Agents used in immunotherapy include monoclonal antibodies, growth factors, and vaccines. These agents may also have a direct antitumor effect. (NCI Dictionary)




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