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	Biological Therapy / Introduction
		Biological therapy began with the discovery of immunization more than 200 years ago.
		Biological therapy research focuses on isolating specific cells of the immune system and their chemical products, then manipulating them in the laboratory to target their activity and control their effects.
		In summary, biological therapies use the body's immune system, either directly or indirectly, to fight cancer or to reduce the side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments.
	training.seer.cancer.gov /module_cancer_treatment/unit5_bio1_intro.html (763 words)

	The Hindu : Magazine / Health : Innovative weapon in cancer therapy
		Biological therapy is largely by way of immunotherapy, which is increasingly gaining acceptance as a novel approach to cancer treatment with a synergistic effect when combined with chemo and/or radiation therapy.
		Biological therapies employ natural body substances or drugs made from natural body substances to identify and attack specific cancer cells without harming normal cells.
		Monoclonal antibody therapy is a form of passive immunotherapy because the antibodies are made in large quantities outside the body (that is, in the lab) rather than by a person's immune system.
	www.hindu.com /mag/2006/09/17/stories/2006091700280600.htm (989 words)

	Biological Therapy - Medications: prescription drugs and over the counter drugs on MedicineNet.com
		Biological therapy is treatment designed to stimulate or restore the ability of the body's immune (natural internal defense) system to fight infection and disease.
		Biological therapy is a form of treatment that uses portions of the body's natural immune system to treat a disease.
		Modes of biologic therapy that involve blocking the action of specific proteins of inflammation, called tumor necrosis factor (TNF), are being used for the treatment of a number of diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease.
	www.medicinenet.com /biological_therapy/article.htm (547 words)

	Biological Cancer Therapy
		In 101 patients suffering from renal cell carcinoma receiving only biological supportive measures, without active specific immunotherapy, there were significantly fewer patients (p=0.04) who succumbed to their disease as compared to a group receiving our best standard treatment (Fig 2, reprinted from ref. 5, available on request).
		The prophylactic effect of biological nutritional supplementation on the recurrency rate of ocular melanoma (T3) in nine patients is presented in Table 1.
		Biological and immunological treatment modalities for cancer have been shown to result in significantly better results as compared with conventional treatment modalities for renal cancer, as well as for malignant melanoma, in randomised clinical studies.
	www.acnem.org /journal/17-1_june_1998/biological_cancer_therapy.htm (3697 words)

	Immunotherapy / Biological Therapy
		Biological therapy (also called immunotherapy, biological response modifier therapy, or biotherapy) uses the body's immune system to fight cancer.
		Nonspecific immunomodulating agents are biological therapy drugs that stimulate the immune system, causing it to produce more cytokines and antibodies to help fight cancer and infections in the body.
		This therapy is used with advanced melanoma and with adjuvant therapy (therapy given after or in addition to the primary cancer treatment).
	www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/adult_gyneonc/immuno.cfm (1073 words)

	Other Treatments for Breast Cancer
		Hormone therapy is used to prevent the growth, spread, and recurrence of breast cancer.
		Adjuvant therapy is therapy given after the primary therapy - usually surgery to remove the cancer - to reduce the chance of the cancer spreading or recurring.
		Biological therapy treatments are designed to repair, stimulate, or increase the body's natural ability to fight cancer.
	www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/adult_breast/hormone.cfm (788 words)

	Biological Therapy & Side Effects
		Biologicals may be used to prevent, diagnose, treat or relieve of symptoms of a disease.
		Biological also refers to parents and children who are related by blood.
		Biological Therapy : Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight infections and other diseases.
	www.habibintl.com /biological_therapy.htm (235 words)

	Biological therapy
		Biological therapies are treatments that use natural body substances or drugs made from natural body substances.
		Biological therapy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy are all treatments that help kill cancer cells.
		For others, biological therapy may be given as part of a clinical trial when other treatments, such as chemotherapy, are no longer working.
	www.cancerhelp.org.uk /help/default.asp?page=129 (2066 words)

	Biological Therapy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Biological therapy is a relatively new way to treat cancer.
		Great strides have been made, however, and biological therapy is now an accepted treatment for some cancers.
		The therapy consists mainly of treating the immune system with highly purified proteins that help activate the system or help it do its job more effectively.
	www.courageindia.org /bio.html (135 words)

	Stages and Treatments
		Biological therapy and bone marrow transplants are being tested in clinical trials.
		Radiation therapy is the use of high-energy x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
		Biological therapy is sometimes called biological response modifier (BRM) therapy or immunotherapy.
	www.umgcc.org /overview/cutaneous-stages.html (1311 words)

	Biological Therapy for Breast Cancer - OhioHealth
		Biological therapy, sometimes called biotherapy or immunotherapy, is a relatively new set of cancer treatments that shows promise because it uses the body's own immune system to fight cancer.
		Examples of biological therapy drugs are interleukin-2, interferon, colony-stimulating factors, monoclonal antibodies and granulocyte-stimulating factor.
		Each biological therapy works in a different way, and a number of them are being studied in clinical research trials.
	www.ohiohealth.com /internalcancer.cfm?id=807 (164 words)

	Biological Therapy Glossary of Terms with Definitions on MedicineNet.com
		Biological response modifiers (BRMs): Substances that stimulate the body's response to infection and disease.
		Biological therapy: Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease.
		Biological therapy is thus any form of treatment that uses the body's natural abilities that constitute the immune system to fight infection and disease or to protect the body from some of the side effects of treatment.
	www.medicinenet.com /biological_therapy/glossary.htm (1553 words)

	Treatment Options - Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
		Chemotherapy and biological therapy are being studied in clinical trials.
		Radiation may come from a machine outside the body (external radiation therapy) or from putting materials that produce radiation (radioisotopes) through thin plastic tubes into the area where the cancer cells are found (internal radiation therapy).
		Biological therapy uses materials made by the body itself or made synthetically in a laboratory to boost, direct, or restore the body's natural defenses against disease.
	www.umgcc.org /overview/extrah-treatmentopt.html (830 words)

	Biological Therapy - National Cancer Institute
		Biological therapy and chemotherapy are both treatments that fight cancer.
		Biological therapy may be given once a day or a couple of times a day.
		Doctors are studying biological therapy in clinical trials--research studies that test new cancer treatments.
	www.cancer.gov /cancertopics/biologicaltherapy (929 words)

	the edge newsletter
		Biological therapy exploits the immune system's natural defense substances to repair, stimulate or increase your's body's natural ability to fight cancer, either by using the natural substances themselves or by using newly developed substances that can imitate or stimulate the natural defenses of the body.
		Good overview of immunotherapy, also known as biological therapy, or biotherapy, with coverage of interferons and other cytokines, monoclonal antibodies, and cancer vaccines.
		Discussion of monoclonal antibody therapy, considered a passive form of biological / immunotherapy because the antibodies are laboratory produced, outside the body, rather than by the immune system.
	home.earthlink.net /~ckane/brcalxtreatbiological.html (232 words)

	VCU Massey Cancer Center :: Biological therapy
		Physicians and researchers have found that the immune system also might be able to determine the difference between healthy cells and cancer cells in the body, and to eliminate the cancer cells.
		Nonspecific immunomodulating agents – biological therapy drugs that stimulate the immune system, causing it to produce more cytokines and antibodies to help fight cancer and infections in the body.
		Cytokine therapy – uses proteins (cytokines) to help your immune system recognize and destroy those cells that are cancerous.
	www.massey.vcu.edu /cancer/?pid=1542 (1050 words)

	Biological Cancer Therapies: Questions and Answers
		Biological therapy (sometimes called immunotherapy, biotherapy, or biological response modifier therapy) is a relatively new addition to the family of cancer treatments that also includes surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
		Biological therapies use the body’s immune system, either directly or indirectly, to fight cancer or to lessen the side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments.
		Biological therapies are designed to repair, stimulate, or enhance the immune system’s responses.
	www.cancernews.com /data/Article/312.asp (2435 words)

	Biological Therapy - Treatment Options & Side Effects - Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
		Biological therapy is referred to by many terms including immunologic therapy, immunotherapy or biotherapy.
		Biological therapy is a type of treatment that uses the body’s immune system to facilitate the killing of cancer cells.
		Types of biological therapy include interferon, interleukin, monoclonal antibodies, colony stimulating factors or cytokines and vaccines.
	www.y-me.org /information/treatment_side_effects/biological_therapy.php (113 words)

	Treatments: Biological therapy (immunotherapy) - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Description: Biological therapy (also called immunotherapy) helps the body's natural ability (immune system) to fight disease or protects the body from some of the side effects of cancer treatment.
		Count: Biological therapy (immunotherapy) is listed as a: treatment for 10 conditions; alternative treatment for 10 conditions; preventive treatment for 0 conditions; research treatment for 9 conditions.
		Biological therapy (immunotherapy) as a research area: The following list of conditions have 'Biological therapy (immunotherapy)' or similar listed as a research treatment or other research area in our database:
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /treat/biological_therapy_immunotherapy_.htm (255 words)

	Biological Therapy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Biological therapy (or biotherapy as it is sometimes called) is considered the fourth arm of cancer treatment (after surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy).
		As opposed to cytotoxic agents, biological agents act indirectly to assist in tumour killing.
		The side effects of naked monoclonal antibody therapy are usually mild, and similar to an allergic-type reaction.
	www.virtualcancercentre.com /Treatment.asp?sid=6 (508 words)

	Biological therapy definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Biological therapy (also called immunotherapy or biotherapy) often employs substances called biological response modifiers (BRMs).
		Interferon is a BRM now in use to treat hepatitis C. Biologic therapy to block the action of a messenger of inflammation called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is being used to treat conditions such as Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
		Treatment of kidney cancer--which may include surgery, arterial embolization, radiation therapy, biological therapy or chemotherapy--depends upon the stage of the disease and the patient's overall health.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2465 (565 words)

	Biological Methods of Therapy Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		We, at the Biological Therapy Clinic, provide an effective alternative means of curing many serious diseases including some that stymie modern conventional medicine such as; inoperable cancer and paralysis caused by severe cerbral thrombosis.
		Biological energy therapy to restore the body's energy balance to its pre-injured state.
		Besides it is possible to accommodate relations or the doctor in charge in immediate proximity to a patient.
	old.ournet.md /~bmtp (390 words)

	Drug Development Technology - Xolair Biological Therapy for the Treatment of Asthma
		Its use in Europe is restricted to patients inadequately controlled with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting ß2-agonists, who also have a positive skin test or in vitro reactivity to a perennial allergen, in addition to reduced lung function, frequent day and night time symptoms and documented severe asthma exacerbations.
		The first in a new class of biological therapies for allergic asthma, Xolair works by binding to free immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the blood so preventing it from binding to mast cells.
		This in turn prevents mast cell degranulation and the release of pharmacologically active substances such as histamine and leukotrienes that are the hallmark of the early allergic inflammatory process.
	www.drugdevelopment-technology.com /projects/xolair (679 words)

	Dictionary of Cancer Terms - National Cancer Institute
		A form of biological therapy for superficial bladder cancer.
		A substance that is being studied as a mouth rinse treatment for oral mucositis (painful mouth sores) caused by cancer therapy.
		A gene therapy agent that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
	www.cancer.gov /dictionary/db_alpha.aspx?expand=b (6061 words)

	Cancer Center
		Biological therapies are designed to boost the immune system, either directly or indirectly, by assisting in the following:
		Nonspecific immunomodulating agents are biological therapy drugs that stimulate the immune system, causing it to produce more cytokines and antibodies to help fight cancer and infections in the body.
		Scientists are testing the value of vaccines for melanoma and other cancers. Sometimes, vaccines are combined with other therapies such as cytokine therapy.
	www.rush.edu /rumc/page-1098987391912.html (1430 words)

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