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A cancer vaccine composed of tumor-specific idiotype determinants derived from an individual\'s tumor cells which are conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin, an immunostimulant carrier protein. When injected into the individual from whom the tumor cells were isolated, this vaccine may stimulate an antitumoral cytotoxic T-lymphocytic immune response. Check for \'https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C38715\' active clinical trials using this agent. (\'http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C38715\' NCI Thesaurus)
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