BCG Vaccine

"BCG Vaccine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An active immunizing agent and a viable avirulent attenuated strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, var. bovis, which confers immunity to mycobacterial infections. It is used also in immunotherapy of neoplasms due to its stimulation of antibodies and non-specific immunity.

Descriptor ID	D001500
MeSH Number(s)	D20.215.894.135.825.100
Concept/Terms	BCG Vaccine BCG Vaccine Vaccine, BCG Bacillus Calmette Guerin Vaccine Calmette Guerin Bacillus Vaccine Calmette's Vaccine Calmette Vaccine Calmettes Vaccine Vaccine, Calmette's

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Complex Mixtures [D20]
Biological Products [D20.215]
Vaccines [D20.215.894]
Bacterial Vaccines [D20.215.894.135]
Tuberculosis Vaccines [D20.215.894.135.825]
BCG Vaccine [D20.215.894.135.825.100]

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Bar chart showing 9 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	1	0	1
2002	0	1	1
2008	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	2	2
2014	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1

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Shore ND, Boorjian SA, Canter DJ, Ogan K, Karsh LI, Downs TM, Gomella LG, Kamat AM, Lotan Y, Svatek RS, Bivalacqua TJ, Grubb RL, Krupski TL, Lerner SP, Woods ME, Inman BA, Milowsky MI, Boyd A, Treasure FP, Gregory G, Sawutz DG, Yla-Herttuala S, Parker NR, Dinney CPN. Intravesical rAd-IFNa/Syn3 for Patients With High-Grade, Bacillus Calmette-Guerin-Refractory or Relapsed Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Phase II Randomized Study. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Oct 20; 35(30):3410-3416.

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Hamamoto S, Okuma T, Yamamoto A, Kageyama K, Ueki A, Matsuoka T, Miki Y. Combination radiofrequency ablation and local injection of the immunostimulant bacillus Calmette-Guérin induces antitumor immunity in the lung and at a distant VX2 tumor in a rabbit model. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2015 Feb; 26(2):271-8.

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Wosnitzer MS, Domingo-Domenech J, Castillo-Martin M, Ritch C, Mansukhani M, Petrylack DP, Benson MC, McKiernan JM, Cordon-Cardo C. Predictive value of microtubule associated proteins tau and stathmin in patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer receiving adjuvant intravesical taxane therapy. J Urol. 2011 Nov; 186(5):2094-100.

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McKiernan JM, Barlow LJ, Laudano MA, Mann MJ, Petrylak DP, Benson MC. A phase I trial of intravesical nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel in the treatment of bacillus Calmette-Guérin refractory nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. J Urol. 2011 Aug; 186(2):448-51.

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Chen M, Hildebrandt MA, Clague J, Kamat AM, Picornell A, Chang J, Zhang X, Izzo J, Yang H, Lin J, Gu J, Chanock S, Kogevinas M, Rothman N, Silverman DT, Garcia-Closas M, Grossman HB, Dinney CP, Malats N, Wu X. Genetic variations in the sonic hedgehog pathway affect clinical outcomes in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2010 Oct; 3(10):1235-45.

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Murakami S, Takeno M, Kirino Y, Kobayashi M, Watanabe R, Kudo M, Ihata A, Ueda A, Ohno S, Watanuki Y, Kaneko T, Ishigatsubo Y. Screening of tuberculosis by interferon-gamma assay before biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2009 Mar; 89(2):136-41.

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Sabichi AL, Lerner SP, Atkinson EN, Grossman HB, Caraway NP, Dinney CP, Penson DF, Matin S, Kamat A, Pisters LL, Lin DW, Katz RL, Brenner DE, Hemstreet GP, Wargo M, Bleyer A, Sanders WH, Clifford JL, Parnes HL, Lippman SM. Phase III prevention trial of fenretinide in patients with resected non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Jan 01; 14(1):224-9.

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Berd D, Sato T, Mastrangelo MJ. Effect of the dose and composition of an autologous hapten-modified melanoma vaccine on the development of delayed-type hypersensitivity responses. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2002 Aug; 51(6):320-6.

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McAveney KM, Gomella LG, Lattime EC. Induction of TH1- and TH2-associated cytokine mRNA in mouse bladder following intravesical growth of the murine bladder tumor MB49 and BCG immunotherapy. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 1994 Dec; 39(6):401-6.

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