Current Therapy in Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology

Rheumatology is a branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases.Physicians who have undergone formal training in rheumatology are called rheumatologists.Immunotherapy, also called biologic therapy, is a type of cancer treatment that boosts the body'snatural defenses to fight cancer. It uses substances made by the body or in a laboratory to improve orrestore immune system function. Immunotherapy can cause side effects, which affect people indifferent ways. The side effects you may have and how they make you feel will depend on how healthyyou are before treatment, your type of cancer, how advanced it is, the type of therapy you are getting,and the dose. This book is provides practical guidelines to the management and diagnosis of patientswith acute and chronic musculoskeletal disease