Cancer Immunotherapy

Preferred Label : Cancer Immunotherapy;

NCIt synonyms : Immunotherapy, Cancer, General; immunotherapy for cancer; Immuno-Chemotherapy;

NCIt definition : Use of techniques, biologically active substances, and procedures to enhance or restore the ability of the host immune system to fight cancer. Also used to lessen adverse effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments.;

Details

Origin ID

C15438;

UMLS CUI

C0278348;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Immunochemotherapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- cancer immunotherapy [MedlinePlus Topic]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Immunotherapy for cancer (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- immunotherapy for cancer [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Immunotherapy for cancer (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cancer immunotherapy [MedlinePlus Topic]
- immunotherapy for cancer [SNOMED Notion]

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