#melanoma

[dduane]

Okay, this could really be something!

“This is one of the most exciting things we’ve seen in a really long time,” said Shaw. “This is a really finely honed tool. To be able to sit there and say to your patients that you’re offering them something that’s effectively like the Fat Duck at Bray versus McDonald’s – it’s that level of cordon bleu that’s coming to them … The patients are really excited about them.” The vaccine is an individualised neoantigen therapy. It is designed to trigger the immune system so it can fight back against a patient’s specific type of cancer and tumour. Known as mRNA-4157 (V940), the vaccine targets tumour neoantigens, which are expressed by tumours in a particular patient. These are markers on the tumour that can potentially be recognised by the immune system. The jab carries coding for up to 34 neoantigens and activates an anti-tumour immune response based on the unique mutations in a patient’s cancer. To personalise it, a sample of tumour is removed during the patient’s surgery, followed by DNA sequencing and the use of artificial intelligence. The result is a custom-built anti-cancer jab that is specific to the patient’s tumour.

...If your tech vocabulary's up to it, see also the abstract/article in the Lancet.

[rejectingrepublicans]

[mindblowingscience]

Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told AFP his company's experimental vaccine against melanoma could be available in as little as two years, in what would amount to a landmark step against the most serious form of skin cancer. Globally there were an estimated 325,000 new melanoma cases and 57 ,000 deaths from the disease in 2020. "We think that in some countries the product could be launched under accelerated approval by 2025," he said in an interview.

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[socialjusticeinamerica]

[republicansexscandals]

What does he have to say about a billionaire that cheated on his pregnant wife with a porn actress he paid for sex?

[republikkkanorcs]

Classic.

[chronicpain-itsastruggle]

I just got a call from my dermatologist. I need surgery again on my arm in the next 2-4 weeks/asap. My margins werent clear enough. They need to take out more of my arm. I was given the option of doing it in the office awake again or being referred out to a surgeon and going under general anesthesia. I told her the surgeon and anesthesia are a must. Now I wait for this new Dr’s office to call and schedule me.

I am not okay. So overwhelmed.

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

[lamentations44]

Hey hey hey- its MELANOMA AWARENESS MONTH!

Put your sunscreen, hat, longsleeve, full coverage bathing suit, etc on!

April 2016 I had a malignant melanoma removed from my back- I still have a significant scar as a reminder. My husband had a melanoma removed a few years after that and we have been vigilant since.

Unfortunately- I had a mole come back after my last visit as a “severely atypical nevi” and had to have a surgical excision( today). These moles or nevi are not ALWAYS cancer or dangerous- but from what I gather, convert easily to melanoma. Given my sordid history with melanoma- the choice was a 2.5cm surgical incision/ removal. I was grateful it was less than the 11cm from the previous melanoma. However- this one is slap dab in the middle of my abdomen. So now, thanks (likely) to my idiotic youth and bikini choices- I will sport- not a cute bikini- but a large surgical incision on my back from 2016 and a medium sized one on my abdomen from today.

Please- be careful. No matter what beautiful skin tone you are- be careful and get SCREENED.

We can PREVENT two cancers- SKIN and COLON. Be smart and screen regularly for both.

(Abdomen from 5/5/23). Back from (4/2016)

[penpatronuswhump]

Somebody tell Ryan Guzman to keep an eye on that dark spot on the back of his right leg.

Learn the ABCDE method of identifying skin cancer, everyone!

[trump666traitor]

[rejectingrepublicans]

[myk-elric]

“Your trauma is making you a stronger person”

No the fuck it is not but I do get to make funny cancer jokes about myself the rest of my life now :D

[socialjusticeinamerica]

May your day be happier than theirs!

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🦃

[gay-jewish-bucky]

Reminder: You don't need to burn or even tan to have your risk of developing melanoma greatly increased. Often, you can't actually see sun damage with the naked eye.

Always wear sunscreen.

Wearing clothing and hats that cover your skin from the sun, on top of sunscreen, is ideal!

[republikkkanorcs]