Immunotherapy

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
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.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Cancer Australia
Reference documents:	Myers T (Editor) 2009. Mosby’s Medical Dictionary , 8^th Edition. Missouri: Mosby Elsevier page 945
Relational attributes
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	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completion date Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy completion date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy completion date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy start date Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—immunotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—systemic therapy agent or protocol, eviQ protocol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Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—systemic therapy agent or protocol, eviQ protocol identifier NNNNNN Health, Superseded 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—systemic therapy agent or protocol, text X[X(149)] Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—systemic therapy agent or protocol, text X[X(149)] Health, Superseded 08/05/2014 Immunotherapy completion date Health, Standard 07/12/2011 Immunotherapy start date Health, Standard 07/12/2011 Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015