Chapter 18, Problem 15TY

Summary Introduction

Introduction:

The cancerous cells are formed in the body on a routine basis and they are destroyed by the immune system. The cells, which fails to get destroyed by the immune system turns into the tumor or cancerous cells. Vaccine for cancer is the vaccine given to either treat the disease or prevent its development. Some of these vaccines are prepared from the samples taken from the patient itself. It is known as antilogous. These vaccines are specific to that patient.