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Cancer treatment vaccine is a type of vaccine that is usually made from a patient`s own tumor cells or from substances taken from tumor cells. A cancer vaccine may help the immune system kill cancer cells. Also called cancer vaccine. Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of cancer. Carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is a cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood. Lymphoma and multiple myeloma are cancers that begin in the cells of the immune system. Central nervous system cancers are cancers that begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord. Also called malignancy. Vaccine is a substance or group of substances meant to cause the immune system to respond to a tumor or to microorganisms, such as bacteria or viruses. A vaccine can help the body recognize and destroy cancer cells or microorganisms.
Preview- It seems that, source: National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet (www.cancer.gov) Reviewed: 03/17/2009 Cancer Vaccines 1. What are vaccines? Vaccines are medicines that boost the immune systems natural ability to protect the body against foreign invaders that may cause disease. National Cancer Institute is the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government`s principal agency for cancer research. The National Cancer Institute conducts, coordinates, and funds cancer research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer. Access the National Cancer Institute Web site at http://www.cancer.gov. Also called NCI. Foreign is in medicine, foreign describes something that comes from outside the body. A foreign substance in the body`s tissues, such as a bacterium or virus, may be recognized by the immune system as not belonging to the body. This causes an immune response. Other foreign substances in the body, such as artificial joints, are designed to not cause an immune response.
- It`s possible to assume that, cancer treatment vaccines are also being developed using weakened or killed cancer cells that carry a specific cancer-associated antigen or immune cells that are modified to express such an antigen. These cells can come from a patient himself or herself (called an autologous vaccine, such as sipuleucel-T) or from another patient (called an
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