immunotherapy
noun
treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
immunotherapeutic
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a word derived from
immunotherapy.
Example Sentences
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This could guide the development of more effective and personalized anti-tumor immunotherapeutic treatment regimens for cancer patients.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024
Shiitake mushrooms also contain a beta-glucan, called lentinan, that some herald for its anti-diabetic and immunotherapeutic potential in humans.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 31, 2024
"The one-two punch of combined chemotherapeutic and immunotherapeutic drug deliveries boosts the anti-tumor efficacy against hepatocellular carcinoma," said TIBI's Director and CEO, Ali Khademhosseini, PhD.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023
Data from other research show 70 percent of people with metastatic colorectal tumors treated with immunotherapeutic drugs to be cancer-free five years later, he said, a huge advance in treatment for a terrible disease.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2022
Certain diseases appear less responsive than others to these drugs, and we need to conduct much more research to render these illnesses more susceptible to immunotherapeutic approaches.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2016
