"BCG Vaccine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.215.894.135.825.100
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| 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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "BCG Vaccine" by people in Profiles.
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Advances in diagnosis and treatment of bladder cancer. BMJ. 2024 02 12; 384:e076743.
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Intermediate-risk Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Updated Consensus Definition and Management Recommendations from the International Bladder Cancer Group. Eur Urol Oncol. 2022 Oct; 5(5):505-516.
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Antiadenovirus Antibodies Predict Response Durability to Nadofaragene Firadenovec Therapy in BCG-unresponsive Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Secondary Analysis of a Phase 3 Clinical Trial. Eur Urol. 2022 03; 81(3):223-228.
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Intravesical nadofaragene firadenovec gene therapy for BCG-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a single-arm, open-label, repeat-dose clinical trial. Lancet Oncol. 2021 01; 22(1):107-117.
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Exposure but Not Early Cytomegalovirus Infection Is Associated With Increased Hospitalization and Decreased Memory T-Cell Responses to Tetanus Vaccine. J Infect Dis. 2020 03 16; 221(7):1167-1175.
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Individual- and community-level determinants of child immunization in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A multilevel analysis. PLoS One. 2018; 13(8):e0202742.
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Intravesical therapy for bladder cancer. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2015 Apr; 16(6):889-901.
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Mycobacterium bovis infection of an axillary-femoral bypass graft after intravesical bacille Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy for bladder cancer. Am J Med Sci. 2009 Jan; 337(1):63-4.
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Risk-adapted use of intravesical chemotherapy. BJU Int. 2008 Nov; 102(9 Pt B):1247-53.
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Immunization by a bacterial aerosol. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Mar 25; 105(12):4656-60.