immunotherapy
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Bristol-Myers lost its advantage in immunotherapy treatment of lung cancer to rival Merck & Co. Celgene has struggled to find new products whose sales will offset the looming patent expiration of Revlimid. — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, "Advances in Cancer Drugs Fuel Blockbuster Deal," 3 Jan. 2019 Additional candidates include firms like Carma Therapeutics Inc., which is developing cellular immunotherapies based on work begun in the lab of Penn assistant professor Saar Gill to attack cancer tumors. — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, "Penn invests $50 million in Philly biotech companies," 26 June 2018 Giroir — who was confirmed by the Senate in February as assistant secretary for health — was most recently chief executive of biopharmaceutical company ViraCyte, which develops cellular immunotherapies for severe infections. — Washington Post, "The Health 202: Alex Azar is surrounding himself with industry insiders," 20 Apr. 2018 While immunotherapy and other advances in cancer care promise new treatments for this malignancy, survival rates have scarcely budged since 1975. — Melissa Healy, latimes.com, "Attention women: Your choice of blood pressure medicine may affect your risk of pancreatic cancer," 18 Apr. 2018 Even as late as the 2000s, the field of immunotherapy was not well regarded by other cancer scientists. — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, "The Cancer Breakthrough That Just Won the Nobel Prize, Explained," 1 Oct. 2018 The trial, led by medical oncologist Dr. Breelyn Wilky, tested the effectiveness of immunotherapy, drugs that boost the immune system to fight cancer. — Julie Landry Laviolette, miamiherald, "Most of her sarcoma tumors melted away with this clinical trial treatment," 23 May 2018 The whole point of the game-changing cancer immunotherapies is to get armadas of T cells sailing into battle against tumors. — Sharon Begley, STAT, "For cancer immunotherapies, a radioactive crystal ball might foretell success or failure," 14 May 2018 Merck’s flagship cancer immunotherapy Keytruda (or pembrolizumab), combined with chemotherapy, helped lung cancer patients live significantly longer lives than those treated with chemotherapy alone. — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "Merck's Bet on Cancer Immunotherapy Is Paying Off in Spades and Helping Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer," 16 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'immunotherapy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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immunotherapy
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Medical Definition of immunotherapy
— called also immune therapy
— see adoptive immunotherapyOther Words from immunotherapy
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