A treatment method combining chemotherapy (chemical drugs) with serum (blood serum containing antibodies) to fight disease, particularly cancer.
From chemo- (chemical therapy) + sero- (relating to serum) + therapy (treatment). This compound term describes a hybrid treatment approach developed in the early-to-mid 20th century.
Chemoserotherapy tried to combine the cancer-killing power of drugs with the body's own immune system weapons (antibodies in serum), but it never became as important as modern immunotherapy.
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