Biological therapy: Treatment to stimulate 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. Also called immunotherapy, biotherapy, or biological response modifier (BRM) therapy.
Source: National Institute of Health
Biological therapy: Treatment of diseases with biological materials or biological response modifiers, such as the use of GENES; CELLS; TISSUES; organs; SERUM; VACCINES; and humoral agents.
Source: MeSH 2007
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Biological therapy (treatment): Another name for Biological therapy (immunotherapy).
Biological therapy (treatment): Biological therapy (also called immunotherapy ) helps the body's natural ability (immune system ) to fight disease or protects the body from some of the side effects of cancer treatment. Monoclonal antibodies , interferon , interleukin-2 , and colony-stimulating factors are some types of biological therapy. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Cancer - An Overview: NCI)
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