Biological Therapy
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Biological Therapy Definition
A form of treatment that implies the administration of substances which produce a biological reaction in the organism thus enhancing or restoring the host immune response, modifying the behavior of cancer cells, blocking the pathways of cell neoplastic transformation and tumor ability to metastasize, or facilitating the repair of cells damaged by aggressive forms of cancer treatment. It includes the use of sera, antitoxins, vaccines, genes, cells, tissues, and organs.Biological Therapy Synonyms
Biological Therapy, Biological Response Modifier Therapy, Biological Response Modifiers Therapy, Biologics Therapies, Biotherapy, biological therapy, biotherapyTerms in Biological Therapy category
Antisense Oligonucleotide TherapyBacteriolytic Therapy
Carbogen Breathing
Gene Therapy
Immunotherapy
Nicotine Replacement
Oncolytic Virus Therapy
Prostaglandin Inhibition
Recombinant Viral Vaccine Therapy
Replacement Therapy
Targeted Fusion Protein Therapy
Targeted Protein Toxin Therapy
Tumor-Targeted Bacterial Therapy
Vascular-Disruption Therapy