Skin cancer

What it is

Skin cancer is the most common cancer overall. Basal and squamous cell carcinomas are frequent and rarely fatal; melanoma is less common but accounts for most deaths, and its treatment has been transformed by immune checkpoint drugs over the past decade. Current research is on why checkpoint therapy works for some patients and not others, combination approaches, and mRNA cancer vaccines paired with immunotherapy. Prevention coverage returns to sun exposure, tanning beds and sunscreen chemistry.

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