1. immunotherapy, adoptive Form of adoptive transfer where cells with antitumor activity are transferred to the tumor-bearing host in order to mediate tumorregression. The lymphoid cells commonly used are lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). This is usually considered a form of passiveimmunotherapy. (From DeVita, et al., Cancer, 1993, pp.305-7, 314)
Definitions of immunotherapy, adoptive
