Term: Immunotherapy
Glossary Definition
Last Updated: 2024-08-22
Definition:
"Immunotherapy boosts the immune system or helps the immune system to find cancer and attack it. Immunotherapy is used to:
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stop or slow the growth of cancer
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stop cancer from spreading to other parts of the body
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help the immune system work better to destroy cancer cells
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deliver toxins, such as radiation or chemotherapy, directly to cancer cells."
(Source: Canadian Cancer Society website:
Immunotherapy
).
For more information, including the CCI codes used to identify this type of cancer treatment, see the
Types of Cancer Treatment
section in the
Overview of the Manitoba Cancer Registry and Treatment Data
concept.
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