"Cancer Vaccines" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D019496
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.215.894.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Cancer Vaccines- Cancer Vaccines
- Vaccines, Tumor
- Vaccines, Neoplasm
- Tumor Vaccines
- Vaccines, Cancer
- Neoplasm Vaccines
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