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Descriptor English: Cancer Vaccines
Descriptor Spanish: Vacunas contra el Cáncer
Descriptor vacunas del cáncer
Entry term(s) vacuna antitumoral
vacuna contra el cáncer
vacunas anticancerosas
vacunas antineoplasias
vacunas antineoplásicas
vacunas antitumorales
vacunas contra el cáncer
vacunas de tumores
Scope note: Vacunas o vacunas experimentales concebidas para prevenir o tratar el cáncer. Las vacunas se elaboran utilizando como fuente antigénica las células tumorales completas del propio paciente, o bien antígenos específicos del tumor, que a menudo se obtienen mediante recombinación.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vacinas Anticâncer
Descriptor French: Vaccins anticancéreux
Entry term(s): Cancer Vaccine
Neoplasm Vaccines
Tumor Vaccine
Tumor Vaccines
Vaccine, Cancer
Vaccine, Tumor
Vaccines, Cancer
Vaccines, Neoplasm
Vaccines, Tumor
Tree number(s): D20.215.894.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019496
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: coord IM with specific cancer histol type (IM) + organ/neopl precoord (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Vaccines (1971-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 33062
Unique ID: D019496
NLM Classification: QZ 250
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/13
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Cancer Vaccines - Preferred
Concept UI M0028986
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Cancer Vaccines
Entry term(s) Cancer Vaccine
Neoplasm Vaccines
Tumor Vaccine
Tumor Vaccines
Vaccine, Cancer
Vaccine, Tumor
Vaccines, Cancer
Vaccines, Neoplasm
Vaccines, Tumor



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