Patients with advanced kidney cancer who received an experimental vaccine after their tumors were removed were still cancer-free years later in a small early-stage trial, researchers reported in Nature.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers report that all nine patients in a clinical trial being treated for stage III or IV clear cell renal cell

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,