Immunosuppressive therapy

Immunosuppressive therapy
Term	Immunosuppressive therapy
Short definition	immunosuppressive therapy (IH-myoo-noh-suh-PREH-siv THAYR-uh-pee) Treatment that lowers the activity of the body's immune system. This decreases its ability to fight infection and other diseases like cancer.
Type	Cancer terms
Specialty	Oncology
Language	English
Source	NCI
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immunosuppressive therapy - (pronounced) (IH-myoo-noh-suh-PREH-siv THAYR-uh-pee) Treatment that lowers the activity of the body's immune system. This decreases its ability to fight infection and other diseases like cancer. Immunosuppressive therapy can be used to prevent a person from rejecting a bone marrow or organ transplant. It can also be used to treat conditions where the immune system is overactive, such as autoimmune diseases and allergies. Some types of immunosuppressive therapy can increase a person's risk of cancer by decreasing the body's ability to kill cancer cells

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