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Immunotherapy, Adoptive

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Definition: Form of adoptive transfer where cells with antitumor activity are transferred to the tumor-bearing host in order to mediate tumor regression. The lymphoid cells commonly used are lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). This is usually considered a form of passive immunotherapy. (From DeVita, et al., Cancer, 1993, pp.305-7, 314)  IM; do not use /util except by MeSH definition    Other names Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapy; Immunotherapies, Adoptive Cellular; Immunotherapies, Adoptive; Cellular Immunotherapies, Adoptive; Adoptive Immunotherapies; Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapies; Immunotherapy, Adoptive Cellular; Cellular Immunotherapy, Adoptive; Adoptive Immunotherapy
 
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polyvalent melanoma cell vaccine  0   *Cancer Vaccines Melanoma Immunotherapy, Adoptive. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995 Jul;110(1):119-28

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