ALVAC-CEA vaccine
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| ALVAC-CEA vaccine | |
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| Term | ALVAC-CEA vaccine |
| Short definition | ALVAC-CEA vaccine - cancer vaccine made with a form of the canarypox virus that doesn't cause disease in humans. It is being studied to treat some types of cancer. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
ALVAC-CEA vaccine - cancer vaccine made with a form of the canarypox virus that doesn't cause disease in humans. It is being studied to treat some types of cancer. The virus is modified in the lab to make a protein called carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), which is a tumor marker. The ALVAC-CEA vaccine can help the immune system find and kill cancer cells that produce CEA
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