B. Vaccination Inject gene for protein found on cancer cells. Some cells in the body will take up the gene and use it to make the protein. They will display the protein on their surface. The cells of the immune system will notice this and make antibodies to the protein. The antibodies will also go and bind to the protein where it exists on cancer cells.
Clinical trials are underway using a drug that blocks protein tyrosine kinase enzymes.
The toxicity is low and some people respond to this therapy.