Preferred Label : Tumor Cell Vaccine plus BCG;
NCIt definition : A mixture of allogeneic or autologous tumor cells and bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG)
in a liquid vehicle with potential antineoplastic activity. Vaccination of the host
with tumor cell vaccine plus BCG may stimulate the host immune system to mount a cytotoxic
T lymphocyte (CTL) response against similar host tumor cells, resulting in decreased
tumor growth. The BCG component serves as an adjuvant, a nonspecific stimulator of
the immune response. (NCI04);
NSC code : 624335;
Origin ID : C2817;
UMLS CUI : C1519676;
Semantic type(s)
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