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Immunotherapy, Adoptive  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapies
  • Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapy
  • Adoptive Immunotherapies
  • Adoptive Immunotherapy
  • Cellular Immunotherapies, Adoptive
  • Cellular Immunotherapy, Adoptive
  • Immunotherapies, Adoptive
  • Immunotherapies, Adoptive Cellular
  • Immunotherapy, Adoptive Cellular

Note

  • for CAR T-Cell Therapy, coordinate with RECEPTORS, CHIMERIC ANTIGEN

Scope note

  • 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)

History note

  • 1991

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016219

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