A method for cancelling interference performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting an interference information request and Interference Cancellation (IC) scheme information to a serving Base Station (BS), receiving from the serving BS interference information determined according to the interference information request and the IC scheme information, and cancelling interference using the interference information. The IC scheme information may be transmitted when the terminal is to transmit the interference information request and an Interference to Noise power Ratio (INR) exceeds a threshold.