One protein-based vaccine, dHER2 Antigen-Specific Cancer Immunotherapeutic (ASCI) a recombinant HER2 protein, including a truncated intracellular domain (ICD) and the complete extracellular domain (ECD), combined with the immunological adjuvant AS15, containing MPL, QS21, CpG and liposome, was evaluated in two early phase clinical studies of patients with HER2-overexpressing breast cancer (NCT 00058526 and NCT 00140738) [14]. The gene discussed is ERBB2; the disease is breast carcinoma.