allogeneic tumor cell vaccine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009952",
  "term": "allogeneic tumor cell vaccine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A vaccine composed of tumor cells isolated from the tumor of one patient, killed and processed, and administered to another patient in order to stimulate cytotoxic immune responses to a similar tumor cell type. The cells found in this type of whole-cell vaccine express many cell-surface tumor-associated antigens. This vaccine is frequently administered with an adjuvant immunostimulant.",
  "abbreviation": "ALLOTCV",
  "synonyms": [
    "Allogenic Cell Vaccine"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/allogeneic-tumor-cell-vaccine/"
}