Vitespen
| Vitespen | |
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| Term | Vitespen |
| Short definition | vitespen - (pronounced) (vy-TEH-spen) vaccine made from a patient's tumor cells that can help the body's immune system kill cancer cells. This vaccine is used to treat kidney cancer, a type of brain tumor called glioma, and metastatic melanoma (a type of skin cancer that has spread). |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
vitespen - (pronounced) (vy-TEH-spen) vaccine made from a patient's tumor cells that can help the body's immune system kill cancer cells. This vaccine is used to treat kidney cancer, a type of brain tumor called glioma, and metastatic melanoma (a type of skin cancer that has spread). It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Also referred to as gp96 heat shock protein peptide complex vaccine, gp96 HSP peptide complex and oncophage
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