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Cancer Vaccines
| Medical Definition: | 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. |
| Guide Notes: | coord IM with specific cancer histol type (IM) + organ/neopl precoord (IM) |
| Previously Indexed: | Vaccines (1971-1996) |
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