Biological Therapy for Cancer Treatment
By Diana Rodriguez | Medically reviewed by Pat F. Bass III, MD, MPH
Biological therapy, often called immunotherapy, boosts the body's own defenses to help beat cancer.
Cancer patients have broad options regarding the kind of cancer therapy they can receive: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and newer options like biological therapy. Biological therapy is an approach that boosts the body's own defense system to help the body heal itself.
Cancer Treatment: Understanding Biological Therapy
Biological therapy has many different names, including immunotherapy, biotherapy, and biological response modifier therapy. While biological therapy is designed to better help the body's immune system fight cancer, exactly how these treatments accomplish that goal isn't understood. Read more
Biological therapy, often called immunotherapy, boosts the body's own defenses to help beat cancer.
Cancer patients have broad options regarding the kind of cancer therapy they can receive: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and newer options like biological therapy. Biological therapy is an approach that boosts the body's own defense system to help the body heal itself.
Cancer Treatment: Understanding Biological Therapy
Biological therapy has many different names, including immunotherapy, biotherapy, and biological response modifier therapy. While biological therapy is designed to better help the body's immune system fight cancer, exactly how these treatments accomplish that goal isn't understood. Read more
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