IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunotherapeutic mean? 

• IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC (adjective)
  The adjective IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to immunotherapy

  Familiarity information: IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to immunotherapy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

various immunotherapeutic techniques have been employed with AIDS patients

Pertainym:

immunotherapy (therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system)

 Context examples 

An immunotherapeutic containing a proprietary adjuvant system combined with a melanoma-associated antigen peptide MAGE-A3 epitope with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Immunotherapeutic GSK1572932A, NCI Thesaurus)

GD3 and GD2 gangliosides represent distinct and relevant immunotherapeutic target structures on melanoma, thereby both have the potential to be used as components of anti-melanoma vaccines.

(Ganglioside GD3, NCI Thesaurus)

A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against the cell surface receptor CD30 with potential immunotherapeutic activity.

(Anti-CD30 Monoclonal Antibody XmAb2513, NCI Thesaurus)

A radioimmunoconjugate of folic acid labeled with indium 111 (In-111) with immunotherapeutic property.

(In 111 Folic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Anti-CD19 MoAb, either alone or in combination with other immunotherapeutic agents, may be used in management of B-cell malignancies.

(Monoclonal Antibody CD19, NCI Thesaurus)

Peripheral blood lymphocytes expressing the MOv-gamma gene may be used in the immunotherapeutic treatment of ovarian cancer.

(MOv-gamma Chimeric Receptor Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This MoAb, either alone or in combination with other immunotherapeutic agents, may have possible diagnostic or therapeutic applications in gastrointestinal cancers.

(Monoclonal Antibody D6.12, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance used to treat tumor cells for synthesis of a tumor-specific immunotherapeutic agent, ethyl chloroformate polymerized tumor protein, for use in Immunotherapy.

(Ethylchlorformate, NCI Thesaurus)

A tumor vaccine comprised of ethylchlorformate polymerized tumor protein, obtained by treating tumor cells with ethylchloroformate to produce a tumor-specific immunotherapeutic agent.

(Ethylchlorformate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

An insoluble fraction isolated from the bacterium Corynebacterium granulosum with potential cancer immunotherapeutic activity.

(Corynebacterium Granulosum P40, NCI Thesaurus)