immunotherapy

American  

[im-yuh-noh-ther-uh-pee, ih-myoo-] / ˌɪm jə noʊˈθɛr ə pi, ɪˌmju- /

noun

• immunotherapies
  plural

1. treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.

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immunotherapy British  

/ ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈθɛrəpɪ /

noun

1. med the treatment of disease by stimulating the body's production of antibodies

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• immunotherapeutic
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• immunotherapies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of immunotherapy

First recorded in 1905–10; immuno- + therapy

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Example Sentences

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immunotherapy immunotherapies

The measure would authorize the state to issue $8.4 billion in bonds to fund immunology and immunotherapy research that aims to cure and prevent cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Identifying the mechanisms responsible for the improved treatment responses could eventually help researchers develop safer ways to make cancer immunotherapy more effective.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Proposition 38 aims to backfill some of that loss by creating a stable source of money to fund immunology and immunotherapy research.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

But oncologists say not all patients with melanoma are the right fit for neoadjuvant immunotherapy, and analysts argue that it’s unfair to compare the trials, which aren’t designed the same way.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Among 1,137 patients whose melanoma had been surgically removed, adding the vaccine to Merck’s immunotherapy Keytruda cut the risk of the cancer returning, or of death, by 42% compared with Keytruda alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Melanoma has a high mutational burden, which means immunotherapies work well against this kind of cancer.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Cancer immunotherapies like Keytruda and rival drug Opdivo are some of the other major blockbusters set to lose patent protection this decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

"Arginine supplementation could be readily tested in patients receiving immunotherapies or given to high-risk populations exposed to viral pathogens," Tavazoie suggests.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

A third of patients whose cancer worsened on other immunotherapies experienced remission on RP1, with cancers vanishing in one of six.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

This shift could significantly improve the effectiveness of existing immunotherapies.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

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