polyvalent melanoma vaccine

Definition / meaning of polyvalent melanoma vaccine

A cancer vaccine consisting of whole irradiated heterologous melanoma cells which express multiple melanoma-related antigens. Polyvalent melanoma vaccine may stimulate an antitumoral cytotoxic T-cell immune response in the host, resulting in inhibition of tumor cell proliferation and tumor cell death.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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