New results released by Neon Therapeutics1 have shown promising, early results for their NEO-PV-01 personalized neoantigen vaccine in combination with nivolumab across 3 different types of advanced cancer.
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Personalized Cancer Vaccine NEO-PV-01 Shows Promise in 3 Types of Advanced Cancer
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No association between smoking and sentinel lymph node metastasis and survival in cutaneous melanoma
This retrospective cohort study was undertaken to determine if smoking was correlated with a higher rate of sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis and worse survival in cutaneous melanoma patients using a propensity score matching analysis.
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Does the Microbiome Help the Body Fight Cancer?
A few years ago, biologist Ze’ev Ronai discovered that the mouse strain he’d been working with for the last decade was particularly resistant to melanoma.
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Watch Out for This Sneaky Type of Skin Cancer
“When patients ask me what to look for in skin cancer, I tell them that pink is the new black because so many harmless-looking pink lesions ultimately turn out to be melanomas,” says Dr. Lauren Cooper of Affiliated Dermatologists and Dermatologic Surgeons in Morristown, Mt. Arlington and Bridgewater.
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