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Good Coramsine phase 2 results in renal cancer(kidney) will generate a lot of interest from the cancer fighting vaccine developers. Unlike the currnt chemos, Coramsine has demonstrated a positive effect on the immune system in UWA tests.
<Cancer vaccines are designed to try to stimulate the body's own immune system to fight cancer. The immune system will naturally attack 'foreign' cells that are invading the body, such as bacteria and viruses. Because cancer develops originally from normal body cells, cancer cells are harder for the immune system to spot. So one problem with kidney cancer and other types of cancers is that the patient’s own immune system does not think that the cancer is foreign and does not try to get rid of it. You may hear doctors call cancer vaccines immunotherapy or biological therapy.


Why is there research into kidney cancer vaccines?
The research going on into kidney cancer vaccines is mainly for a type of kidney cancer called renal cell cancer. Renal cell cancer is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. Over 80 out of every 100 kidney cancers diagnosed in the UK are this type. The standard treatment for kidney cancer is to remove part or all of the kidney. But in around half of those having this operation, the cancer will come back within five years. This is why doctors are looking at vaccines, which may improve treatment for people with this type of cancer.>>