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Immune System Phenomena > Immunomodulation > Immunotherapy > Radioimmunotherapy
Therapeutics > Biological Therapy > Immunomodulation > Immunotherapy > Radioimmunotherapy
Therapeutics > Radiotherapy > Radioimmunotherapy
Therapeutics > Combined Modality Therapy > Radioimmunotherapy

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Radioimmunotherapy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Immunoradiotherapies
  • Immunoradiotherapy

Note

  • coordinate with disease /radiother

Scope note

  • Radiotherapy where cytotoxic radionuclides are linked to antibodies in order to deliver toxins directly to tumor targets. Therapy with targeted radiation rather than antibody-targeted toxins (IMMUNOTOXINS) has the advantage that adjacent tumor cells, which lack the appropriate antigenic determinants, can be destroyed by radiation cross-fire. Radioimmunotherapy is sometimes called targeted radiotherapy, but this latter term can also refer to radionuclides linked to non-immune molecules (see RADIOTHERAPY).

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016499

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