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Health
Tim Dornin

Protein molecule link to melanoma outcomes

Professor Claudine Bonder is confident the sub-group of at-risk melanoma patients can be identified. (AAP)

South Australian researchers are working to improve outcomes for skin cancer patients after discovering a particular protein may determine the fate of people with the disease.

A team from the University of South Australia's Centre for Cancer Biology has identified the desmoglein-2 (DSG-2) protein and found melanoma patients who express it are two-and-a-half times more likely to die within 10 years.

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