MedicalTerminology DB

1 Definition of oncolytic virotherapy

Meaning of oncolytic virotherapy: Treatment using an oncolytic virus (a virus that infects and breaks down cancer cells but not normal cells ).

Treatment using an oncolytic virus (a virus that infects and breaks down cancer cells but not normal cells ). Oncolytic virotherapy may make it easier to kill tumor cells with chemotherapy and radiation therapy. It is a type of targeted therapy. Also called oncolytic virus therapy, viral therapy, and virotherapy.

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