Preferred Label : Autologous Tumor Cell Vaccine;
NCIt synonyms : Autologous Cell Vaccine; AC vaccine;
NCIt definition : A therapeutic agent produced by isolating tumor cells from an individual and processing
these tumor cells into a vaccine formulation in vitro; the vaccine is then administered
to the individual from whom the tumor cells were isolated. Typically combined with
an adjuvant immunostimulant, an autologous cell vaccine may elicit a cytotoxic T-lymphocytic
immune response to cell surface-expressed tumor-associated antigens (TAAs), resulting
in tumor cell death. (NCI04);
Origin ID : C1980;
UMLS CUI : C0879266;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
- is_component_of_chemotherapy_regimen
