Cancer vaccine ‘which triggers whole body to eliminate tumours’ goes into human trials

A revolutionary cancer vaccine which triggers the whole body to attack tumours from one injection is to go into human trials.

Scientists at Stanford University say that the treatment works ‘startlingly well’ in mice, with nine out of ten animals cured after one injection, and the rest after a second injection.

The treatment involves injecting tiny amounts of two drugs directly into a tumour – which triggers an ‘amazing body-wide’ reaction where the immune system attacks cancer cells.

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‘When we use these two agents together, we see the elimination of tumors all over the body,’ said Professor Ronald Levy.

‘This approach bypasses the need to identify tumor-specific immune targets and doesn’t require wholesale activation of the immune system or customization of a patient’s immune cells.’

A clinical trial was launched in January to test the effect of the treatment in patients with lymphoma.

The team believe it could work for many types of cancer, without the side-effects of other similar treatments.