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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.


immunotherapy British  
/ ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈθɛrəpɪ, ˌɪmjʊnəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk /

noun

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

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Origin of immunotherapy

First recorded in 1905–10; immuno- + therapy

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He said it "allows us to dream of exciting possibilities for tackling humanity's greatest challenges" such as developing phages to tackle disease, enzymes to treat genetic disorders and antibodies that could be used in immunotherapy.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Replimune has said that about one-third of patients responded to the treatment, and that the median patient response stretched for nearly two years in patients whose melanoma had already progressed on standard immunotherapy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Clough traveled there for targeted immunotherapy treatment, and about a month later, the cancer was in check.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

A rare and aggressive form of liver cancer has long resisted immunotherapy, a treatment that helps the body's own immune system attack cancer cells.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

Trodelvy, when given on its own, cut the risk of tumor progression or death by 38%, compared with chemotherapy, in patients who weren’t eligible for immunotherapy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Many patients with metastatic melanoma don’t respond to, or develop resistance to, other front-line immunotherapies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Diagnosis can then be matched to newly available immunotherapies that dissolve amyloid plaques in the brain and slow the overall course by approximately 30%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

The team believes the antibodies could become the foundation of a new class of cancer immunotherapies.

From Science Daily Jun. 9, 2026

According to the researchers, these findings highlight a potentially important but previously underrecognized role for the thymus in determining how effectively modern cancer immunotherapies work.

From Science Daily Jun. 1, 2026

Doctors often hail immunotherapies as miracle drugs — and for good reason.

From Salon May 15, 2026

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