Immunotherapy
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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| Synonymous names: | Biological therapy, biotherapy, biological response modifier therapy |
| METEOR identifier: | 437322 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 07/12/2011 |
| Definition: | The application of immunologic knowledge and techniques to prevent and treat disease. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Examples include the administration of increasing doses of allergens in the treatment of allergies, the use of immunostimulants and immunosuppressants, the transfer of immunocompetent cells and tissues from one person to another, and the use of interferon for its antiviral and antitumor properties. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
| Reference documents: | Myers T (Editor) 2009. Mosby’s Medical Dictionary , 8th Edition. Missouri: Mosby Elsevier page 945 |
Relational attributes | |
| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Cancer treatment—immunotherapy agent name Health, Recorded 17/05/2011 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy agent name, systemic therapy agent or protocol name, text X[X(149)] Health, Recorded 17/05/2011 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy completion date Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy completion date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy completion date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy start date Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—systemic therapy agent or protocol, eviQ protocol identifier NNNNNN Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—systemic therapy agent or protocol, eviQ protocol identifier NNNNNN Health, Superseded 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—systemic therapy agent or protocol, text X[X(149)] Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—systemic therapy agent or protocol, text X[X(149)] Health, Superseded 08/05/2014 Immunotherapy completion date Health, Standard 07/12/2011 Immunotherapy start date Health, Standard 07/12/2011 Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 |