Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
vaccine therapy
vac·cine ther·a·py [ vak-seen thayr-uh-pee ]
Definitions related to vaccine therapy:
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A type of treatment that uses a substance or group of substances to stimulate the immune system to destroy a tumor or infectious microorganisms such as bacteria or viruses.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Immunotherapy using a preparation that usually contains a complex mixture of disease-related antigens, immunopotentiating agents, and immunomodulators, which stimulate the immune system to destroy pathogenic microorganisms or tumor cells.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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