[HN Gopher] Researchers identify protein that helps skin cancer ...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Researchers identify protein that helps skin cancer spread
        
       Author : gmays
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2023-01-10 21:05 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.qmul.ac.uk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.qmul.ac.uk)
        
       | Traubenfuchs wrote:
       | My grandpa died of melanoma metastasis. Get your moles /
       | birthmarks checked by a dermatologist at least once per year,
       | ideally before and after summer and any time you notice a change
       | yourself. The dermatologist will cut out those that look like
       | they could turn into cancer.
        
       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | Tangentially related to melanoma.
       | 
       | https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/moderna-says-pers...
       | 
       | > Moderna says personalized mRNA cancer vaccine is effective for
       | advanced melanoma
       | 
       | > The company said that in a phase 2 clinical trial, the vaccine,
       | when combined with immunotherapy drug Keytruda, reduced the risk
       | of recurrence by 44%.
        
         | suprjami wrote:
         | Yeah, except you need to send your specific individual melanoma
         | off for analysis, and the vaccine costs thousands of dollars,
         | if you can even get it.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2023-01-10 23:00 UTC)