Provenge
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| Term | Provenge |
| Short definition | Provenge - (pronounced) (PROH-venj) vaccine used to treat prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. It is used in patients who have few or no symptoms and whose cancer is resistant to castration (has not responded to treatments to lower testosterone levels). |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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Provenge - (pronounced) (PROH-venj) vaccine used to treat prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. It is used in patients who have few or no symptoms and whose cancer is resistant to castration (has not responded to treatments to lower testosterone levels). Provenge is made from a patient's immune cells that have been treated in the laboratory with GM-CSF (a type of growth factor) and a protein found on prostate cancer cells. Provenge can help the immune system kill prostate cancer cells. It is a type of autologous cellular immunotherapy and a type of dendritic cell vaccine. Also called APC 8015 and Sipuleucel-T
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