"Oncolytic Viruses" 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.
Tumor-selective, replication competent VIRUSES that have antineoplastic effects. This is achieved by producing cytotoxicity-enhancing proteins and/or eliciting an antitumor immune response. They are genetically engineered so that they can replicate in CANCER cells but not in normal cells, and are used in ONCOLYTIC VIROTHERAPY.
| Descriptor ID |
D050504
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.700
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Oncolytic Viruses".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Oncolytic Viruses".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Oncolytic Viruses" by people in this website by year, and whether "Oncolytic Viruses" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Oncolytic Viruses" by people in Profiles.