[HN Gopher] Moderna cancer vaccine reduces melanoma's return by 44%
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       Moderna cancer vaccine reduces melanoma's return by 44%
        
       Author : _Microft
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2022-12-13 16:52 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.statnews.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.statnews.com)
        
       | adamredwoods wrote:
       | Here's the clinical trial: https://www.cancer.gov/about-
       | cancer/treatment/clinical-trial...
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       | Here's the press release:
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       | https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2022/Moder...
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       | Really impressive, as the study is 44% compared with
       | pembrolizumab, which is not bad by itself either!
       | 
       | Even more impressive is that it's two big companies working
       | TOGETHER, and have an agreement to split profits!
        
       | THENATHE wrote:
       | My dad died of melanoma metastasis not but 2 months ago. He
       | always joked he would be the last guy to die of cancer, and while
       | I am sure we missed that mark, the sentiment of "if he just held
       | out for a year or two more he woulda made it" is quite strong
       | now. I've seen a treatment for his specific cancer that is like
       | 4x as effective, now this, all since he passed. Wild to think
       | about for sure
        
       | mythhouse wrote:
       | really interested in reading this if anyone have a non-paywall
       | link.
        
         | runnerup wrote:
         | Same. Archive and 12ft both fail.
        
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