A small, early trial of a vaccine that mobilizes the immune system to battle advanced kidney cancers appears successful, researchers report.

An experimental vaccine for kidney cancer is off to a promising start. In data from a Phase I trial released this week, the vaccine candidate appeared to be safe and produced a clear immune response in all nine patients at high risk for recurrences of their cancer.

After their advanced kidney tumors were surgically removed, nine patients were protected from the cancer returning thanks to an experimental, personalized cancer vaccine, researchers reported Feb. 5.

A new vaccine for kidney cancer shows excellent preliminary results. All patients on the trial had no evidence of cancer three years after the pioneering treatment.

In a Phase 1 study, nine people with advanced kidney cancer became cancer free after receiving personalized vaccines.

In a small clinical trial of nine patients with stage III and IV kidney cancer, a personalized anti-tumor vaccine generated robust immune response, according to findings of a new study led by HMS researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

A small, early trial of a vaccine that mobilizes the immune system to battle advanced kidney cancers appears successful, researchers report. The "personalized cancer vaccines" (PCVs) used by the nine patients in the trial were targeted to genes specific to their tumors,

Doctors at Dana-Farber say this personalized vaccine can be given after surgery to remove a tumor and train the body’s immune system to eliminate tumor cells.