autologous tumor cell vaccine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-011786",
  "term": "autologous tumor cell vaccine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A therapeutic agent produced by isolating tumor cells from an individual and processing these tumor cells into a vaccine formulation in vitro; the vaccine is then administered to the individual from whom the tumor cells were isolated. Typically combined with an adjuvant immunostimulant, an autologous cell vaccine may elicit a cytotoxic T-lymphocytic immune response to cell surface-expressed tumor-associated antigens (TAAs), resulting in tumor cell death.",
  "abbreviation": "ATCV",
  "synonyms": [
    "Autologous Cell Vaccine",
    "AC vaccine"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/autologous-tumor-cell-vaccine/"
}