Scientists believe they have discovered a way to "steer" the immune system to kill cancers.
Researchers
at University College, London have developed a way of finding unique
markings within a tumour - its "Achilles heel" - allowing the body to
target the disease.
But the personalised method, reported in Science journal, would be expensive and has not yet been tried in patients.
Experts said the idea made sense but could be more complicated in reality.
However,
the researchers, whose work was funded by Cancer Research UK, believe
their discovery could form the backbone of new treatments and hope to
test it in patients within two years.
