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Researchers in Finland discovered how to potentially break the inflammatory cycle that helps aggressive skin cancer spread. The breakthrough could lead to new treatments that stop melanoma cells from communicating with immune cells that accidentally help tumors grow.
Revolutionary 3D body scanners photographed nearly 10,000 Australians and detected 500 potentially fatal melanomas before they became deadly. The breakthrough technology could change how the world fights the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Glen Polyak was running out of options against advanced melanoma when he became one of the first patients to receive a revolutionary immune therapy that turned his own cells into cancer fighters. Now his tumors are shrinking and he's calling himself a miracle.
Scientists turned cancer's silent escape into an immune system alarm using tiny carriers that force tumors to die loudly. In mice, the treatment reprogrammed melanoma to train the body to fight back.
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine combined with immunotherapy reduced the risk of deadly skin cancer returning by nearly 50% over five years. The breakthrough treatment is now entering final-stage trials while researchers test similar vaccines for lung, bladder, and kidney cancers.
A personalized mRNA vaccine from Moderna and Merck has shown remarkable five-year results against aggressive skin cancer. The therapy nearly halves the risk of melanoma returning after surgery.
A Moderna immunotherapy for melanoma continues to protect patients years after treatment, new data shows. The results bring hope for a cancer vaccine that could change how we fight one of the deadliest skin cancers.