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No cure for SSPE exists. However, certain antiviral drugs may slow the progression of the disease.
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There is no standard treatment, and a number of antiviral drugs have been tested with little success. Treatment of symptoms, including the use of anticonvulsant drugs, can be helpful.
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Initially, the family physician and local clinicians provide care. With the progression of the disease, specialists such as neurologists can become involved.
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Immunotherapy is a treatment to reduce a person's allergic reaction to allergens such as pet dander, bee stings or pollen.
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Immunologic therapy is the treatment of disease using medicines that boost the body''s natural immune response.Immunologic therapy is used to improve the immune system''s natural ability to fight diseases such as cancer, hepatitis and AIDS. These dr...
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Detailed information on biological therapy, also called immunotherapy, biological response modifier therapy, or biotherapy
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Immunologic therapy is the treatment of disease using medicines that boost the body''s natural immune response.Immunologic therapy is used to improve the immune system''s natural ability to fight such diseases as cancer, hepatitis and AIDS. These dr...
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Immunologic therapy is an approach to the treatment of disease that uses medicines for stimulating the body''s natural immune response.Immunologic therapy is used to improve the immune system''s natural ability to fight such diseases as cancer, hepa...
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Immunotherapy is a form of biological therapy. It uses substances to activate your own immune system. Sometimes these substances are called biologicals. Then, your immune cells better recognize and attack the cancer cells. Doctors use more than one type of substance to treat melanoma.
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This treatment is sometimes called biological therapy. Immunotherapy is when drugs are used to make the body's own immune system fight cancer. Its goal is to kill cancer cells without having to remove the bladder. It can also help keep the bladder cancer from coming back.
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These treatments use substances that are also naturally made by your immune system. They work by killing lymphoma cells or slowing their growth. Or they get your own immune system to more effectively attack the lymphoma cells.
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Venom immunotherapy is the process of injecting venom to treat various conditions. The most common form of venom immunization is bee venom therapy(BVT), with honeybee venom or stingers used to treat conditions.
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Your doctor may recommend immunotherapy if you have early-stage, superficial bladder cancer. This means the cancer has not spread beyond the lining of your bladder. Immunotherapy may be used alone to treat bladder cancer.
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Your doctor may suggest immunotherapy if one of these cases applies to you. You have advanced melanoma. In this case, the goal of immunotherapy is to help shrink the tumor. You may have this treatment along with chemotherapy. Or your doctor may suggest a clinical trial of immunotherapy to help you.
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The immunotherapy drug interferon can cause any of these side effects. Flu-like symptoms, such as tiredness, muscle aches, runny nose, or low-grade fever
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One of the main immunotherapy drugs used for multiple myeloma is Thalomid (thalidomide). Not everyone who takes this drug has side effects. If you do, they may include one or more of these, listed from the most to least common.
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Immunotherapy boosts the body's immune system to fight the cancer. This treatment is also called biological therapy.
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The most common way to give immunotherapy for bladder cancer is intravesically. That means the drugs are placed directly into your bladder instead of injected into your blood or taken as pills. Early-stage bladder cancer can often be successfully treated with the drug BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guerin). The doctor puts BCG directly into your bladder by inserting it through a catheter in your urethra. Your body's immune system responds to the presence of BCG, and the bladder cancer cells are destroyed.
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Immunotherapy is a treatment that uses your immune system. The immune system is the group of cells and organs that work together to defend your body against disease. This is a new and promising treatment. Some doctors feel there will be many cancer advances in the future from immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is also known as biologic therapy.
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This type of treatment gets your immune system to more effectively attack the cancer cells.
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Here are some of the side effects that are common with immunotherapy for bladder cancer.
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Side effects can be severe, but usually improve after the treatment is finished.
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Immunotherapy gets your immune system to more effectively attack cancer cells. These are the 2 main types of immunotherapy used to treat advanced melanoma, which means it has spread.
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