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• (PROH-venj) 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. Provenge injected into patients may stimulate T lymphocytes to kill tumor cells that express the prostate protein. Also called APC8015 and Sipuleucel-T.

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  Provenge. (n.d.). Dictionary of Cancer Terms. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/provenge.

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  Provenge. www.cancer.gov. Dictionary of Cancer Terms. National Cancer Institute. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/provenge (accessed: June 9, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Provenge." Dictionary of Cancer Terms. National Cancer Institute. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/provenge.

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