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  "id": 16815484,
  "title": "Q&A: Could a new melanoma vaccine change cancer treatment?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/q-a-could-a-new-melanoma-vaccine-change-cancer-treatment",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-27T23:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-qa-melanoma-vaccine-cancer-treatment.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A personalized melanoma vaccine, called intismeran, could mark a major advance in cancer treatment. Last week, pharmaceutical companies Merck and Moderna announced clinical trial results showing the vaccine, combined with immunotherapy, reduced the risk of cancer returning or death by 42% compared with immunotherapy alone.",
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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."
}