Description
The type of therapy used to treat cancer by increasing the body’s immune system’s ability to fight it.
Alternative labels
increasing body’s immune system’s activity against disease
immunotherapies
therapy to increase immune system activity
Skill type
knowledge
Skill reusability level
occupation-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential knowledge
Immunotherapy is an essential knowledge of the following occupations:
Therapeutic radiographer: Therapeutic radiographers prepare and perform safe and accurate high-energy radiation treatments to patients, using a wide range of sophisticated equipment and techniques, to target the area to be treated, and computer planning to produce a plan of the dose distribution across the area to be treated.
Optional knowledge
Immunotherapy is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this knowledge may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
References
- Immunotherapy – ESCO
