Immunologic Factor
cancer vaccine Audio
can·cer vac·cine [ kan-ser vak-seen ]
Subclass of:
Vaccines
Definitions related to cancer vaccines:
  • A type of vaccine that is usually made from a patient's own tumor cells or from substances taken from tumor cells. A cancer vaccine may help the immune system kill cancer cells.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Vaccines or candidate vaccines designed to prevent or treat cancer. Vaccines are produced using the patient's own whole tumor cells as the source of antigens, or using tumor-specific antigens, often recombinantly produced.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (antineoplastic vaccine) A type of vaccine that prevents or treats cancer.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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