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Immunotherapy vs Chemotherapy - What's the difference?

immunotherapy | chemotherapy |

As nouns the difference between immunotherapy and chemotherapy

is that immunotherapy is (immunology) the treatment of disease by adjusting the body's immune response while chemotherapy is (medicine) any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.

immunotherapy

English

(wikipedia immunotherapy)

Noun

(immunotherapies)
  • (immunology) The treatment of disease by adjusting the body's immune response.
  • (oncology) The treatment of cancer by improving the ability of the host to reject a tumour immunologically.

    • chemotherapy

    English

    (wikipedia chemotherapy)

    Noun

  • (medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
  • (oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.

    • Derived terms

    * chemotherapeutic

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