Man's immune system finally found a hobby — fighting cancer and bees — so it quit its job at the liver.

Heart surgery cured a man's skin cancer – and gave him a bee allergy

An Australian man in his 60s with severe melanoma saw his tumors vanish two months after heart surgery for aortic stenosis, likely triggered by an immune system reset from the operation and a bacterial infection. The cancer drugs he'd taken had failed. The remission also came with a new bee-sting allergy. Doctors say it's a rare but fascinating case that could reveal new cancer pathways.

Source: Heart surgery cured a man's skin cancer – and gave him a bee allergy — New Scientist

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