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GVAX Cancer Vaccine
GVAX cancer vaccines are autologous cell vaccines comprised of tumor cells which have been irradiated and genetically modified to secrete granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), a hormone which plays a key role in stimulating the body's immune response to vaccines. (NCI Thesaurus)
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