gp100 Vaccinia Vaccine

**Semantic type:** Immunologic Factor|Pharmacologic Substance

**Definition:** A cancer vaccine consisting of a recombinant vaccinia virus encoding the gp100 melanoma-melanocyte antigen. gp100 human antigen is a wild-type self-antigen expressed by melanocytes, pigmented retinal cells and most melanomas. (NCI04)

**Synonyms:** - rV-gp100