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APC8015

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A vaccine made from immune system cells collected from a patient with prostate cancer. The cells are treated in the laboratory with a growth factor attached to a protein found on prostate cancer cells. APC8015 injected into patients may stimulate T lymphocytes to kill tumor cells that express the prostate protein. Also called Provenge and Sipuleucel-T.


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