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Immunotherapy

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
Synonymous names:Help on this termBiological therapy, biotherapy, biological response modifier therapy
METEOR identifier:Help on this term437322
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 07/12/2011
Definition:Help on this termThe application of immunologic knowledge and techniques to prevent and treat disease.

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this termExamples 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.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termCancer Australia
Reference documents:Help on this termMyers T (Editor) 2009. Mosby’s Medical Dictionary , 8th Edition. Missouri: Mosby Elsevier page 945

Relational attributes

Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
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  • Health, Superseded 08/05/2014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  • Health, Superseded 08/05/2014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  • Health, Superseded 08/05/2014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  • Health, Superseded 08/05/2014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  • Health, Superseded 14/05/2015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
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