see Immunotherapy.

Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight infection and disease. This treatment uses products from the body's natural defense system to destroy cancer cells.

Therapies that stimulate the immune system to fight disease.

Treatment to increase the body's immune response to cancer. Also called immunotherapy

The use of natural and manufactured substances derived from the body in order to fight cancer. Biological therapies include immunotherapy, anti-angiogenesis therapy, gene therapy, and hormonal therapy.

Treatment that uses natural body substances or drugs made from natural body substances to treat cancer. Interferon, interleukin 2, growth factor therapy and monoclonal antibody therapy are all biological therapies because they are all developed from natural substances made by the body. This term is often confused with 'immunotherapy', which uses substances developed from those used by the body's immune system. So immunotherapies are generally biological therapies. But there are other biological therapies that are not immunotherapies because they use substances that are not part of the immune system.

See BRMs - Biological Response Modifiers.

treatment involving the use of substances produced by cells or substances that enhance the body's natural defences

Treatment with substances that can stimulate the body's immune system to fight disease more effectively. Also called immunotherapy.

A type of therapy that stimulates the immune system to help fight cancer. Biological therapy also may be used to lessen side effects of treatment. It may be referred to as immunotherapy.

Treatment of disease by the injection of the substance which produces a biological reaction in the organism.

new treatments that restore and stimulate the immune system of patients. Imitative substances are created in a laboratory and strengthen the body's defenses against disease or cancer. Such treatments include monoclonal antibody therapy, colony-stimulating factors, and vaccine therapy. Monoclonal antibody therapy uses lab-produced substances to find and damage specific types of cells throughout the body. It is advantageous because it will not harm cell-types that are not being targeted. Colony-stimulating factors increase the production of white blood cells during chemotherapy treatments. Vaccine therapy stimulates the body's natural immune system to kill cancerous cells.

treatments that attempt to use the body's own defenses to control the cancer. Biological therapy also is known as immunotherapy.

Also called immunotherapy, are medications, generally protein molecules that are made from a living organism. In breast cancer, these medications are used to target receptors on the surfaces of cancer cells to slow or stop their growth.

Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease. Biological therapy is thus any form of treatment that uses the body's natural abilities that constitute the immune system to fight infection and disease or to protect the body from some of the side effects of treatment. See the entire definition of Biological therapy

Use of biologicals (substances produced by our own cells) or biological response modifiers (substances that affect the patient's defense systems) to stimulate the body's immune (defense) system. Often used in the treatment of cancer. Also called immunotherapy.

Treatment with substances called biological response modifiers that can stimulate the immune system to fight disease more effectively. Also called immunotherapy.

The use of substances that normally occur in the body in small amounts; used in larger doses to treat disease.

A treatment that stimulates the body's own immune system to fight cancer or blood disorders.

(Also called biological response modifier (BRM) therapy, or immunotherapy.) - tries to get your own body to fight cancer by using materials made by your own body, or made in a laboratory, to boost, direct, or restore your body's natural defenses against disease.

Cancer treatment with substances which are derived from the body's own system of defense. Examples include interferon, interleukin, monoclonal antibodies, and cytokines.

Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight infection and disease. Also known as immunotherapy, biotherapy or biological response modifier (BRM) therapy. (Read about " The Immune System")

using the body's immune system to fight cancer.

Treatment by stimulation of the body's immune defense system.

Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight infection and disease. Also used to lessen the side effects of some cancer treatments. Includes the use of interferon, interleukins, monoclonal antibodies, colony-stimulating factors, and vaccines. Also called immunotherapy or biological response modifier therapy.

Cancer treatment that uses natural substances or substances made in a laboratory to stimulate or restore the ability of the body's immune system to fight disease. Interferon and interleukin-2 therapies are examples. Therapies such as these are often used in conjunction with other treatments. Also called immunotherapy.

Uses chemicals or proteins made by the body's own cells to activate the body's defenses against a cancer. Also called immunotherapy or biological response modifier (BRM) therapy.

Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight cancer, infections, and other diseases. Also used to lessen certain side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments. Also called immunotherapy, biotherapy, or biological response modifier (BRM) therapy.

Also called immunotherapy. Therapy with natural chemicals to kill or regulate growth of cancer cells.

medications, also called immunotherapy, often protein molecules, which are made from a living organism. In CLL, these medications may potentially be used to target receptors on the surfaces of cancer cells to destroy the cell, or to slow down or stop its growth.

(by-o-LAHJ-i-kul): Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight infection and disease. Also used to lessen side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments. Also called immunotherapy or biological response modifier (BRM) therapy.

Treatment of emotional problems or mental disorders by drugs, electric shock, or other methods directly affecting bodily processes. See also psychotherapy.

Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight infection and disease. Also used to lessen side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments. May also be referred to as immunotherapy, biotherapy, or biological response modifier (BRM) therapy.

The use of the body's immune system, either directly or indirectly, to fight cancer or to lessen side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments. Also known as immunotherapy, biotherapy, or biological response modifier therapy.