peptide 946

Definition / meaning of peptide 946

A piece of a protein found only on melanoma (a type of skin cancer) cells. It is being used in vaccines to help the immune system kill melanoma cells.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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