A cancer vaccine may be closer to reality now. Moderna and Merck announced this week that their personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine met key goals in a Phase 3 trial, reducing the risk of the cancer ...

Moles are usually round with smooth edges and have one or two shades of color. Melanoma often has irregular shapes, uneven borders, and multiple colors. Use the ABCDE ...

Moderna is touting a "landmark moment" in its experimental melanoma treatment, saying its vaccine could help prevent the deadly skin cancer from returning or spreading. The groundbreaking clinical ...

People treated for aggressive melanoma now have a concrete reason to watch a single experimental combination closely. In a randomized phase 2b trial of patients with resected high-risk melanoma, ...

Different stages of melanoma have a higher risk of the skin cancer coming back after being surgically removed. An experimental therapy developed by Merck and Moderna aims to help lower the recurrence ...

'I had to advocate for myself and see a few GPs before someone took it out and it came back as a melanoma,' she explained.