Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
adoptive immunotherapy
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Subclass of:
Adoptive Transfer
Definitions related to adoptive immunotherapy:
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A technique for enhancing cell-mediated immunity by: 1) artificially increasing the number of specific immunocompetent cells through inoculation of either ex-vivo expanded primarily activated cytotoxic lymphocytes or genetically engineered lymphocytes with enhanced cytotoxic ability or 2) by altering tumor cells to make them more immunogenic.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(immunotherapy, adoptive) Form of adoptive transfer where cells with antitumor activity are transferred to the tumor-bearing host in order to mediate tumor regression. The lymphoid cells commonly used are lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). This is usually considered a form of passive immunotherapy. (From DeVita, et al., Cancer, 1993, pp.305-7, 314)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(cellular adoptive immunotherapy) A treatment used to help the immune system fight diseases, such as cancer and infections with certain viruses. T cells are collected from a patient and grown in the laboratory. This increases the number of T cells that are able to kill cancer cells or fight infections. These T cells are given back to the patient to help the immune system fight disease.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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