loading...| Preferred Name |
Immunotherapy |
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| Synonyms |
Immunological IMMUNOTHERAPY Immunologically Directed Therapy immunotherapy Immunological Therapy Immunotherapy |
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| Definitions |
Therapy designed to induce changes in a patient's immune status in order to treat disease. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C15262 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
Treatment to boost 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. Agents used in immunotherapy include monoclonal antibodies, growth factors, and vaccines. These agents may also have a direct antitumor effect. A therapy designed to induce changes in a patient's immune status. |
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| code |
C15262 |
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| Contributing_Source |
CDISC CPTAC CTRP |
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| definition |
Therapy designed to induce changes in a patient's immune status in order to treat disease. |
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| DesignNote |
The concept encompasses various treatment modalities including active and passive immunization, treatment with immunopotentiators, immunosuppressants and nonspecific systemic immunostimulators and adjuvants, desensitization to any allergens, bone marrow transplantation, thymus implantation. |
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| Display_Name |
Immunotherapy |
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| has exact synonym |
Immunological IMMUNOTHERAPY Immunologically Directed Therapy immunotherapy Immunological Therapy Immunotherapy |
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| imported from | ||
| in_subset |
http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C61410 http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C118169 http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C116977 http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C66830 http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C159328 http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C101858 http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C156953 http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C156952 http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C156955 http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C156954 http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/NCIT_C158520 |
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| label |
Immunotherapy |
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| Legacy_Concept_Name |
Immunotherapy |
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| Maps_To |
Immunotherapy (Including Vaccines) |
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| Preferred_Name |
Immunotherapy |
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| prefixIRI |
NCIT:C15262 |
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| prefLabel |
Immunotherapy |
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| Semantic_Type |
Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0021083 |
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| subClassOf |