Vaccine 'tackles kidney cancer'

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A vaccine which uses the body's immune system to attack an aggressive form of kidney cancer has completely eradicated one patient's tumour.
The TroVax vaccine, made by Oxford Biomedica, has been given to 150 patients so far in clinical trials.

Another two patients have seen their tumours shrink, and a further 15 have been stable for at least three months.

UK cancer experts said the data, presented at a conference in Prague, showed TroVax was effective.

The data so far suggests TroVax could be an effective treatment for several types of cancer

Around 6,600 people are diagnosed with kidney cancer each year in the UK. In 2004, 3,600 people died from the condition.

The TroVax vaccine is still going through the clinical trials process.

It works by harnessing the body's immune system to tackle a tumour.

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