Biological Therapy

Preferred Label : Biological Therapy;

NCIt synonyms : Biological Response Modifiers Therapy; Biologics Therapies; Biotherapy;

NCIt related terms : biological response modifier therapy; Biological Agent Therapy; Biological Agents; BRM therapy;

NCIt definition : A type of treatment that uses substances derived from or made by living organisms to treat disease; this includes both naturally occurring and synthetic products.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Treatment to boost or restore the ability of the immune system to fight cancer, infections, and other diseases. Also used to lessen certain side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments. Agents used in biological therapy include monoclonal antibodies, growth factors, and vaccines. These agents may also have a direct antitumor effect.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000044375; CDR0000044483; CDR0000045616; CDR0000045617;

Details

Origin ID

C15187;

UMLS CUI

C0005527;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Biological Therapy [DeCS]
- Biological agent (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Biotherapics [DeCS]
- Biotherapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Immunotherapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- biological factors [MeSH Descriptor]
- biological products [MeSH Descriptor]
- immunologic factors [MeSH Descriptor]
- immunotherapy [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- biological response modifier therapy, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- biological therapy [Disease (Nov.)]
- biological therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
- biological therapy [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Biotherapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- biological therapy [MeSH concept]
- biological therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- CPTAC Codelists Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Treatments Codelist [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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