cellular adoptive immunotherapy

(SEL-yoo-ler uh-DOP-tiv IH-myoo-noh-THAYR-uh-pee) A treatment used to help the immune system fight cancer. A cancer patient's T cells (a type of white blood cell) are collected and grown in the laboratory to increase the number of T cells that are able to kill the person's cancer cells. These cancer-specific T cells are given back to the patient to help the immune system fight the cancer.