IMMUNOTHERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunotherapy mean? 

• IMMUNOTHERAPY (noun)
  The noun IMMUNOTHERAPY has 1 sense:

1. therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system

  Familiarity information: IMMUNOTHERAPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNOTHERAPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("immunotherapy" is a kind of...):

therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))

 Context examples 

Chemotherapy uses different drugs to kill or slow the growth of cancer cells; immunotherapy uses treatments to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight cancer.

(Chemoimmunotherapy, NCI Dictionary)

Types of BRM therapy include immunotherapy (such as vaccines, cytokines, and some antibodies), gene therapy, and some targeted therapies.

(BRM therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Dendritic cell-autologous lung tumor vaccines have been investigated for use in cancer immunotherapy.

(Dendritic Cell-Autologous Lung Tumor Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic peptide derived from the protein ESW/FLI1 type 1 with potential use in cancer immunotherapy.

(EF-1 Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic peptide derived from the protein ESW/FLI1 type 2 with potential use in cancer immunotherapy.

(EF-2 Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)

Types of biotherapy include immunotherapy (such as vaccines, cytokines, and some antibodies), gene therapy, and some targeted therapies.

(Biotherapy, NCI Dictionary)

Types of biological therapy include immunotherapy (such as vaccines, cytokines, and some antibodies), gene therapy, and some targeted therapies.

(Biological therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Baculovirus-derived PSA protein is cross-reactive with native PSA, and has potential use in immunotherapy for prostate cancer.

(Baculovirus-Derived PSA Protein Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

APC8015 is a type of vaccine and a type of cellular adoptive immunotherapy.

(APC8015, NCI Dictionary)

Bapineuzumab recognizes and binds the N-terminal amino acids 1-5 of the amyloid beta peptide, and may be used in a passive immunotherapy treatment.

(Bapineuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)