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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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

These widely used immunotherapy drugs help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells.

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

The other stems from an ongoing debate about whether a likely expensive new and complicated treatment like intismeran is needed if neoadjuvant immunotherapy works just as well.

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

Moderna believes that the vaccine can be used for any patient who can be treated with Keytruda and other immunotherapies, which are known as PD-1s or checkpoint inhibitors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found evidence that arthritis triggered by certain cancer immunotherapies behaves like a disease driven by immune memory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Roughly half of advanced melanoma patients’ diseases eventually progress while taking immunotherapies like Opdivo and Merck’s Keytruda.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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

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