• exasperation@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    It’s immunotherapy that prevents the cancers from deactivating the immune cells that would ordinarily kill the cancer cells. So it’s like a traditional vaccine in that it causes changes to the immune system to better equip it to fight disease, but it’s a pretty new methodology of accomplishing that.

    • etchinghillside@reddthat.com
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      21 hours ago

      Am I screwed now because there’s no way my insurance would approve a preventative measure or am I screwed later if/when I am diagnosed and insurance won’t approve the treatment?