For Immunotherapy we have terms and definitions in 16 topics. The topics are Allergy and Asthma, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Ear Surgery, Fertility, Genome, HIV and AIDs, Health, Horse Health, Lymphoma, Nutrition, Oncology, Pituitary, Prostate Cancer and Skin Cancer.

Immunotherapy (Allergy and Asthma)

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.

Immunotherapy (Breast Cancer)

The production or enhancement of immunity with treatments that stimulate or support the body's immune system response to a disease. Immunotherapy is, at present, mainly experimental.

Immunotherapy (Cancer)

Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight infections and other diseases. Also used to lessen side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments. Also known as biological therapy, biotherapy, or biological response modifier (BRM) therapy.

Immunotherapy (Colon Cancer)

An experimental therapy that helps the body to mount its own defenses against cancer by bolstering the immune system. Immunotherapy is also known as biological therapy.

Immunotherapy (Ear Surgery)

Use of the body's immune system to fight tumors.

Immunotherapy (Fertility)

A medical treatment for an immune system disorder that involves transfusing donor white blood cells into a woman who has had recurrent miscarriages

Immunotherapy (Genome)

Using the immune system to treat disease, for example, in the development of vaccines. May also refer to the therapy of diseases caused by the immune system.
See also: cancer

Immunotherapy (HIV and AIDs)

See IMMUNE-BASED THERAPY.

Immunotherapy (Health)

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.

Immunotherapy (Horse Health)

The use of medications that boost the immune response, to assist in the treatment of a disease.

Immunotherapy (Lymphoma)

Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the patient's immune system to fight infection and destroy tumor cells. Also called biological therapy.
immunotoxin:A toxic substance linked to an antibody that attaches to tumor cells and kills them. There are many different types, including LMB-1, LMB-7, and B43-BAP.

Immunotherapy (Nutrition)

Treatment of disease by using techniques to stimulate or strengthen the immune system.

Immunotherapy (Oncology)

Immunotherapy (also known as biological therapy) is a relatively new form of cancer therapy that tries to enhance the body's own defenses to fight cancer cells. Scientists try to stimulate or replace immune system cells to help destroy or prevent the growth of cancer cells. Biological agents that have shown success in triggering an immune response against some cancers include interferons, interleukins, colony-stimulating factors, T cells, tumor vaccines, tumor necrosis factors, and gene therapy.

Immunotherapy (Pituitary)

Use of the body’s immune system to fight tumors. See biological response modifier.

Immunotherapy (Prostate Cancer)

Treatment of disease by inducing, enhancing, or suppressing an immune system response.

Immunotherapy (Skin Cancer)

Involves injecting a medication (called interferon) to boost the body's own immune system, helping it to slow the growth of cancer.

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