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radioimmunotherapy

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radioimmunotherapy
[ra′dē·ōim-mu′no-ther′ah-pe]
use of radionuclides to deliver monoclonal antibodies to targeted cancer cells.

radioimmunotherapy [ra″de-o-im-mu″no-ther´ah-pe]
use of radionuclides to deliver monoclonal antibodies to targeted cancer cells.

radioimmunotherapy
Immunology The use of radio-labeled–monoclonal antibodies that recognize specific antigens, and therefore concentrate in a particular tissue to treat disease Toxicity Myelosuppression, nausea, infections, cardiopulmonary toxicity


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The researchers hope that the experimental treatment, known as radioimmunotherapy (RIT), may be helpful in treating various infectious diseases, including HIV and cancers caused by viruses.
At the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), two studies were presented investigating the potential utility of Zevalin (Ibritumomab Tiuxetan) radioimmunotherapy as replacement for external beam radiations or supplement to high-dose chemotherapy in the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).
Approved in 2002 to treat patients with relapsed indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), Zevalin was the first radioimmunotherapy to be approved by the U.
 
 
 
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