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Active immunotherapy

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Active immunotherapy is a type of immunotherapy that attempts to stimulate the host's intrinsic immune response to a disease e.g. cancer. Some are vaccines.

It divides into:

  • Non-Specific Active Immunotherapy: Generating a general immune system response using cytokines and other cell signaling.
  • Specific Active Immunotherapy: The generation of cell-mediated and antibody immune responses focused on specific antigens expressed by the cancer cells. Usually with a vaccine.

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