Therapies developed from or based on a biologic (natural) source.
Also called immunotherapy; medications, often protein molecules, which are made in living cells or organisms.
Using substances—such as interferon—to boost the body's immune system to fight cancer. Also called biologic response modifiers.
stimulating or restoring the ability of the patient's immune system to fight cancer
treatment that uses the immune system to fight infection and disease. Also called immunotherapy or immune therapy.
Treatments that use or stimulate the immune system to fight infection and the cancer.
Treatment that stimulates the body's immune defense system to fight infection and disease. Also called immunotherapy. Some doctors consider this a type of chemotherapy, but it is usually classified as a separate type of treatment.
cancer treatment that works by targeting specific cellular flaws associated with cancer cell growth.