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October 22, 2018
Immunotherapy Effective Against Hereditary Melanoma Bookmark
Emma Shtivelman, PhDExcerpt:
“Individuals with an inherited form of skin cancer often have a poor prognosis. The type of immunotherapy that was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is, however, particularly effective in this patient group, research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows. The study is published in the Journal of Medical Genetics.
“Congenital mutations of the CDKN2A gene are the strongest known risk factors for inherited skin cancer. Individuals with melanoma who carry mutations in this gene also have poor prognosis, according to previous research.”
Go to full article published by Medical Xpress on Oct 8, 2018.
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