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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Biothérapie

English translation:

biotherapy

Added to glossary by Drmanu49
Jan 11, 2007 15:02
17 yrs ago
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French term

Biothérapie

French to English Medical Medical: Health Care
Suivi échographique et IRM dédiée de patients souffrant de polyarthrite rhumatoïde en faible activité sous traitements conventionnels et/ou biothérapies.

Merci d'avance pour votre précieuse aide.
Do you think "TNF inhibitors" could apply there?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 biotherapy
4 +3 biologics
3 +1 biological therapy
4 -1 alternative treatment/therapy(ies)

Discussion

Michael Barnett Jan 12, 2007:
"alternative" therapies.
Michael Barnett Jan 12, 2007:
Julie, I agree with Angela that TNF inhibitors, also known in English as "biologics" are what is meant here. This is a class of medication used for various sorts of arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. They have no connection whatsoever with...
Angela Dickson (X) Jan 11, 2007:
Hi Julie - TNF inhibitors would probably be the drugs meant here, but I wouldn't be so specific if the French does not specify a drug.

Proposed translations

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biotherapy

Biotherapy - San Francisco Acupuncture, Colon Hydrotherapy ...
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Biotherapy Clinic of San Francisco: Colon Hydrotherapy, Restoration of Friendly Intestinal Flora, Acupuncture and Pain Relief, Herbal Medicine, ...
www.biotherapy-clinic.com/ - 37k

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... ceux du traitement par étanercept au cours de la polyarthrite rhumatoïde (PR) ... Europe ; Anti-TNF alpha antibody ; Biotherapy ; Chronic ; Rheumatology ...
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17338404 - Pages similaires

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Advanced Biotherapy, Inc. ... clinical trial is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of etanercept (Enbrel) on the response rate in HIV-infected subjects who ...
www.clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00091741 - 20k

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L'etanercept une biothérapie efficace et bien tolérée, chez l'enfant; L'alefacept : une nouvelle biothérapie efficace dans le rhumatisme psoriasique ...
www.vivactis-media.com/congres/eular05/11juin/breves.htm - 34k -
Peer comment(s):
agree Cetacea
20 mins
Thank you.
agree Patrice
5 hrs
Thank you Patricia.
disagree Michael Barnett : The text refers to the class of pharmaceuticals including such drugs as "etanercept", etc. http://www.bionity.com/news/e/57805/?defop=and&edate=10/26/2... "good" refs were added 2 days later. The original ref was somet
14 hrs
Not contradictory Michael. Check the ref above.
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+1
11 mins

biological therapy


None of the hits for 'biotherapy' have much to do with mainstream medicine, though the term certainly exists in English. See link for details of biological therapy in the treatment of arthritis.
Reference:

http://www.medicinenet.com/biological_therapy/article.htm

Peer comment(s):
neutral Cetacea : True, but that's just what the text opposes: mainstream medicine and biotherapy ("traitements conventionnels et/ou biothérapies").
17 mins
not sure the text is opposing the two. Take an example - Google 'rituximab biothérapie' and 'rituximab biological therapy' for an indication that these are equivalent terms. Most of the hits for 'rituximab biotherapy' are French.
neutral Michael Barnett : Cetacea misunderstands. The text refers to conventional mainstream therapy vs the newer mainstream therapies. See my note on the question for "conventional therapy".
14 hrs
agree Eric Bullington : "biological therapy" refers to treatment using biologics, not the biologics themselves, which actually fits this context better.
21 hrs
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+3
1 hr

biologics

une autre option (le terme que je rencontre le + fréquemment en traduisant de l'anglais au français)
= en fait biomédicaments, mais c'est bien le cas ici

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et les anti-TNF font bien partie des biomédicaments, même si le texte français ne précise pas - je suis d'accord avec Angela, la traduction ne doit pas le préciser non plus
Peer comment(s):
agree Michael Barnett : There are several drugs within this class. They are not "alternative" therapies, just unconventional in the sense that they are a new class of pharmaceuticals compared to the old treatments.
13 hrs
merci Michael, pour ce complément d'infos
agree Angela Dickson (X) : yes, and they are also called 'biological therapy' at least in the UK
19 hrs
thank you Angela
agree Eric Bullington : yes, this is the FDA term
20 hrs
thank you Eric
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-1
6 hrs

alternative treatment/therapy(ies)

...or.....conventional and non-conventional therapy(ies)...the point is that this patient has tried it all...
Peer comment(s):
disagree Angela Dickson (X) : no, 'biothérapie' is not an alternative treatment, it is mainstream.
15 hrs
Angela, I've reviewed my response and the point you make is absolutely valid.
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