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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

BCG Vaccine

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A research team is shedding new light on Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a decades-old bladder cancer treatment, which is also given as vaccine against tuberculosis. The findings could help improve the effectiveness of immunotherapies more broadly.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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