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Tumour vs Immunotherapy - What's the difference?

tumour | immunotherapy |

As nouns the difference between tumour and immunotherapy

is that tumour is an abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia while immunotherapy is the treatment of disease by adjusting the body's immune response.

tumour

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

    • Usage notes

    * * is the standard modern British and Commonwealth spelling (including Canada), and tumor is the standard American spelling.

    Derived terms

    * tumourigenesis

    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.