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Also known as: Provenge
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prostate cancer treatment
- In prostate cancer: Treatment
…with an agent known as sipuleucel-T (Provenge), which is designed to activate the immune system to attack cancer cells. Sipuleucel-T was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2010, becoming the first immunotherapeutic agent available for the treatment of prostate cancer. Sipuleucel-T is tailored specifically for each patient.…
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work of Steinman
- In Ralph M. Steinman
The agent sipuleucel-T, which was developed based on Steinman’s discoveries and is used in the treatment of prostate cancer, was the first dendritic cell vaccine and first cancer vaccine to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Sipuleucel-T is manufactured by collecting antigen-presenting cells from…
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