polyvalent melanoma vaccine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-016175",
  "term": "polyvalent melanoma vaccine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A cancer vaccine consisting of whole irradiated heterologous melanoma cells which express multiple melanoma-related antigens. Polyvalent melanoma vaccine may stimulate an antitumoral cytotoxic T-cell immune response in the host, resulting in inhibition of tumor cell proliferation and tumor cell death.",
  "abbreviation": "PMCV",
  "synonyms": [
    "polyvalent melanoma cell vaccine"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/polyvalent-melanoma-vaccine/"
}