{
  "id": 16105020,
  "title": "Study reveals how melanoma outmaneuvers both drugs and immune defenses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/study-reveals-how-melanoma-outmaneuvers-both-drugs-and-immune-defenses",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T20:20:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-reveals-melanoma-outmaneuvers-drugs-immune.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Melanoma is one of the most difficult cancers to treat due to its resistance to targeted drug therapies. But a new study from the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center shows that the cancer is playing offense as well as defense: In addition to forming resistance against the MAPK inhibitors that are commonly used to treat it, the cancer also actively suppresses the immune cells that would…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}