Immune System and Allergy Terms

(Other name for: pneumococcal polyvalent vaccine)

A plasmid DNA cancer vaccine encoding the intracellular domain (ICD) of the HER-2/neu proto-oncogene.

(Other name for: pneumococcal polyvalent vaccine)

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer and for its ability to stimulate the immune system.

(Other name for: therapeutic immune globulin)

Named for a nucleus that looks like several joined beads, these are the first white cells to reach an infection.

A cancer vaccine consisting of whole irradiated heterologous melanoma cells which express multiple melanoma-related antigens.

A monoclonal antibody that is being studied in the detection and treatment of cancer.

A blood test that measures the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a substance produced by the prostate and some other tissues in the body.

(Other name for: recombinant vaccinia prostate-specific antigen vaccine)

A brief rise and then fall in the blood level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) that occurs in some patients 1-3 years after receiving radiation treatment for prostate cancer.

A rise in the blood level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in prostate cancer patients after treatment with surgery or radiation.

This blood test measures prostate specific antigen, a protein that can rise with prostate cancer but also with several noncancerous prostate conditions.

Epstein-Barr virus sits behind most cases, held in check by an immune system that transplant medication has deliberately turned down.

A cancer vaccine containing plasmid DNA encoding human prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) (pTVG-HP) with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities.

A cancer vaccine containing xenogenic DNA from rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) that encodes prostate specific antigen (PSA) with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

A substance from plants that is being studied together with vaccine therapy for its ability to improve the way the immune system responds to disease.

A human monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of several types of cancer.

A type of systemic radiation therapy in which a radioactive substance is linked to an antibody that locates and kills tumor cells when injected into the body.

A monoclonal antibody used to treat psoriasis (a chronic skin disease).