Immunology and Radiotherapy

Immunotoxicology

The study of harmful effects of pharmaceuticals and all other chemicals on the immune responsiveness of treated or exposed living hosts (immunosuppression and immunostimulation), as well as the induction of hypersensitivity and autoimmune disease, is known as immunotoxicology, or the science of immune system poisons.The study of potential immune system side effects of xenobiotics is done by the emerging field of toxicology known as immunotoxicology.

• Immunosuppression,
• Immunostimulation,
• Hypersensitivity,
• Autoimmunity.