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NALT Concept Space
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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. drugs
  3. vaccines
  4. cancer vaccines

Preferred term

cancer vaccines

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2018

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • neoplasm vaccines
  • tumor vaccines
  • tumour vaccines

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/316946

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