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Vaccine Detail
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Oral Bacille Calmette-Guérin for malignant melanoma |
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- Vaccine Name: Oral Bacille Calmette-Guérin for malignant melanoma
- Target Pathogen: Cancer
- Target Disease: Cancer
- Vaccine Ontology ID: VO_0007647
- Type: Live, attenuated vaccine
- Status: Research
- Immunization Route: Intramuscular injection (i.m.)
- Description: an adjunct to standard treatment, this drug is of value in preventing distant spread of the disease when it is limited to one region and in its early stages (MacGregor et al., 1977).
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| References |
MacGregor et al., 1977: MacGregor AB, Falk RE, Landi S, Ambus U, Samuel ES, Langer B. Adjuvant immunostimulation in malignant melanoma with oral Bacille Calmette-Guérin. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie. 1977; 20(1); 25-30. [PubMed: 832200].
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