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Keywords: Interferon, Enbrel, Remicade, Boost, Fight

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These are substances that boost the body's immune system and improve its ability to fight cancer and other diseases. Interferon is one example.

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substances that boost the body's immune system to fight against cancer; interferon is one example. Also called biologic therapy.

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substances that boost the body's immune system to fight against cancer. (See also interferon.)

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A new class of compounds, such as interferon, produced in the body that fight cancer naturally by stimulating the body's own immune system; also called "immunotherapy."

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Drugs which are also called biologicals for short, and include anti-TNF drugs infliximab (Remicade) and etanercept (Enbrel).

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substances that boost the body's immune system to fight against cancer (i.e., interferon).

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New class of antirheumatic medications that can specifically target parts of the immune system such as tumor necrosis factor or interleukin-1; examples include Enbrel®, Humira®, and Remicade®.

http://www.walgreenshealth.com/whc/spharm/jsp/sp_patient_as_glossary.jsp

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