Multi-Center Study Reveals That Eye Color May Indicate Risk For Serious Skin Conditions
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Multi-Center Study Reveals That Eye Color May Indicate Risk For Serious Skin Conditions

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    • May 8, 2012 at 6:02 pm
    LynnLuc
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      This is very interesting because the Immunotherapy (Anti-PD-1) has caused me to have some white splotches called Vitiligo…my onc says its a great sign the treatment is working for me…this article also states

      "Genetically, in some ways vitiligo and melanoma are polar opposites. Some of the same genetic variations that make one more likely to have vitiligo make one less likely to have melanoma, and vice-versa," said Spritz. "Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease, in which a person's immune system attacks their normal pigment cells. We think that vitiligo represents over-activity of a normal process by which one's immune system searches out and destroys early cancerous melanoma cells."

      http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245073.php

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