GM-CSF-secreting breast tumor vaccine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003606",
  "term": "GM-CSF-secreting breast tumor vaccine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A vaccine that is being studied as a way to help the body’s immune system kill breast cancer cells. To make the vaccine, the GM-CSF gene is put into breast cancer cells in the laboratory. The cells are then treated with radiation to stop them from growing and injected into the same or a different patient. The GM-CSF protein made by the changed breast cancer cells may help the immune system kill breast cancer cells in the body.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/gm-csf-secreting-breast-tumor-vaccine/"
}