1) Cancer treatment 2) English-language journal 3) Immunology journal 4) Monthly journal 5) Therapy 6) Type of allergy treatment
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Immunotherapy is the `treatment of disease by inducing, enhancing, or suppressing an immune response`. Immunotherapies designed to elicit or amplify an immune response are classified as activation immunotherapies, while immunotherapies that reduce or suppress are classified as suppression immunotherapies. ==Immunomodulators== The active agents o.....
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Treatment that repairs, stimulates, or enhances the body’s own immune responses to fight established disease. It is sometimes combined with chemotherapy.
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Treatment of cancer by stimulating the natural immune response, usually with BCG (Bacille Calmette Guerin)
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(from the article `bladder cancer`) Bladder cancer may be treated through biological therapy, or immunotherapy, in which the body`s own cells, chemicals, or other natural agents are ... Much research has been devoted to developing effective immunotherapies against cancer, but the effectiveness of this approach has been marginal. ... ...
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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. Also ca...
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The concept of using the immune system to treat disease, for example, developing a vaccine against cancer. Immunotherapy may also refer to the therapy of diseases caused by the immune system, such as allergies.
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Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease. Biological therapy is thus any form of treatment that uses the body's natural abilities that constitute the immune system to fight infection and disease or to protect the body from some of the side effects of treatment.
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See 'desensitisation'.
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<immunology> Treatment of disease by stimulating the bodys own immune system. This is a type of therapy currently being researched as a treatment for cancer. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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Immunotherapy is treatment that stimulates the body`s own defences (immune system) to fight infections and diseases. In some cases it is used to suppress the body`s immune system to prevent rejection of a graft.In cancer treatment it is used for both these reasons. It is also used to encourage the body to repair normal cells damaged by ...
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See biological therapy.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: im′yū-nō-thār′ă-pē Definitions: 1. Originally, therapeutic administration of serum or immune globulin containing preformed antibodies produced by another individual. Currently, immunotherapy includes nonspecific systemic stimulation, adjuvant, active specific immunotherapy, and adoptive...
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Immunotherapy: Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease. Biological therapy is thus any form of treatment that uses the body's natural abilities that constitute the immune system to fight infection and disease or to protect the body from some of the side effects of treatment. Immuno...
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Immunotherapy is the treatment of disease by stimulating the body's production of antibodies.
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The use of medications that boost the immune response, to assist in the treatment of a disease.
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immunotherapy Originally, the therapeutic administration of serum containing preformed antibodies produced by another individual; currently it includes nonspecific systemic stimulation, adjuvants, active specific immunotherapy, and adoptive immunotherapy.
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a treatment that stimulates or modifies the body's immune response.
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Treatment that stimulates the body's immune system to fight cancer. Immunotherapies are a type of treatment called biological therapy. Interferon and interleukin 2 are immunotherapies.
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noun therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
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A therapy that is designed to make the body resistant to substances that it is allergic to like dust mites, pollens, insect venom, and fungi by giving the person increasing doses of the allergen he/she is allergic to. It is also a treatment wherein the natural defenses of the body to fight disease is used.
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Immunotherapy (`allergy shots”) is a form of preventive and anti-inflammatory treatment of allergy to substances such as pollens, house dust mites, fungi, and stinging insect venom. Immunotherapy involves giving gradually increasing doses of the substance, or allergen, to which the person is allergic. The incremental increases of the allergen cau...
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treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
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treatment of allergy to substances such as pollens, house dust mites, fungi, and stinging insect venom involving giving gradually increasing doses of the substance, or allergen, to which the person is allergic.
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treatments that promote or support the body's immune system response to a disease such as cancer.
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