Immunotherapies Form New Frontier in Treating Head and Neck Cancers – OncLive
January 3, 2016
Immunotherapy offers hope – and sometimes a cure – to cancer patients – The Post and Courier
December 18, 2016
Advanced Lung Cancer Knocked Out in Clinical Trial – UConn Today
December 13, 2016
How immunotherapy helps cancer patient’s own body attack tumors – The Washington Post
December 9, 2016
1 Patient, 7 Tumors and 100 Billion Cells Equal 1 Striking Recovery – The New York Times
December 8, 2016
House overwhelmingly passes ‘Cures’ legislation to streamline drug approval - The Washington Post
November 30, 2016
Immunotherapy moves to the front lines in fight against lung cancer - The Washington Post
November 10, 2016
Beating Cancer at Its Own Game - Discover Magazine
October 27, 2016
Immunotherapy ‘gratifying and frustrating field’ - KOIN 6 News
October 26, 2016
FDA approves atezolizumab for advanced non-small cell lung cancer - OncLive
October 18, 2016
Biden’s final ‘cancer moonshot’ report outlines progress and hurdles - The Washington Post
October 17, 2016
Proceedings of the 2016 China Cancer Immunotherapy Workshop
October 13, 2016
Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Prior to Surgery is Safe and Feasible in Early Lung Cancer - ESMO
October 7, 2016
Allison To Receive 2016 AACI Distinguished Scientist Award - Newswise
October 5, 2016
Efforts Continue to Refine Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors in NSCLC - OncLive
October 5, 2016
Combined Immunotherapies May Hold Promise for Certain Kidney and Lung Cancers - Immuno-Oncology News
October 4, 2016
Cancer immunotherapy is moving fast. Here’s what you need to know. - The Washington Post
September 28, 2016
Immunotherapy Achieves Dramatic Results in Aggressive Pancreatic Cancer - Specialty Pharmacy Times
September 16, 2016
Is 'immunotherapy' a cancer game-changer? Here's why scientists say yes – Ottawa Citizen
September 16, 2016
Ionic immune suppression within the tumour microenvironment limits T cell effector function – Nature
September 14, 2016
Oncology Nurses on the Frontlines of Immunotherapy Care – Oncology Nursing News
September 7, 2016
FDA Approves Keytruda for Head and Neck Cancer – Cure® Magazine
August 5, 2016
City of Hope Researcher/Physician Larry Kwak Awarded the Ho-Am Prize in Medicine
April 5, 2016
Blue Ribbon Panel announced to help guide Vice President Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative
April 4, 2016
American Cancer Society Awards New Research and Training Grants
April 1, 2016
Cancer-fighting strategy employs a potent tool: one’s own body
March 27, 2016
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is the launchpad of new cures
March 22, 2016
FDA Grants Genentech’s Cancer Immunotherapy Atezolizumab Priority Review for Advanced Bladder Cancer
March 15, 2016
FDA Expands Nivolumab's Frontline Melanoma Approval to Include BRAF-Mutant Patients – OncLive
January 23, 2016
RTFCCR / LLS Patient-Focused Immunotherapy Research Grant for Blood Cancer – Call for Research Proposals
LOI Application Deadline January 25, 2016
December 8, 2015
New immunotherapy drug behind Jimmy Carter's cancer cure – The Guardian
December 7, 2015
FDA approves Empliciti, a new immune-stimulating therapy to treat multiple myeloma – U.S. FDA
November 30, 2015
Brain Cancer Vaccine Gets Better With Time, As Celldex Shows Survival Edge – Forbes
November 20, 2015
FDA approves Opdivo to treat advanced form of kidney cancer – U.S. FDA
November 23, 2015
FDA approves Darzalex for patients with previously treated multiple myeloma – U.S. FDA
November 16, 2015
FDA approves Yervoy to reduce the risk of melanoma returning after surgery – U.S. FDA
October 28, 2015
FDA Approves First-in-Class Oncolytic Virus Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Melanoma
October 27, 2015
Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2015 – Cleveland Clinic
October 25, 2015
Expanded FDA Approval of Nivolumab: Game-Changing for Lung Cancer Patients and the Cancer Immunotherapy Field
October 15, 2015
FDA approves Keytruda for advanced non-small cell lung cancer – U.S. FDA
October 2, 2015
Cancer immunotherapy pioneer wins prestigious Lasker Award – Nature
September 8, 2015
The ‘breakthrough’ drug Jimmy Carter is taking to treat his cancer – Washington Post
August 20, 2015
Approval of Nivolumab for Treatment of Advanced Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Brings New Hope to Patients in Europe
July 20, 2015
Immunotherapy Insights and Data Featured at ASCO Plenary Session
May 31, 2015
Late-Breaking Immunotherapy Abstract Session Attracts 6,000 Attendees at ASCO
May 30, 2015
FDA Panels Support Approval of T-VEC in Melanoma
April 29, 2015
Nivolumab and Ipilimumab versus Ipilimumab in Untreated Melanoma – New England Journal of Medicine
April 20, 2015
Pembrolizumab versus Ipilimumab in Advanced Melanoma – New England Journal of Medicine
April 19, 2015
Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine
April 19, 2015
Studies: Merck Drug Keytruda Effective Against 3 Cancers – Melanoma, Lung, Mesothelioma
April 19, 2015
The Future of Immune Checkpoint Therapy – Science, Dr. Padmanee Sharma, Dr. James P. Allison
April 3, 2015
FDA Fellowship Opportunity in Gene Therapy – Apply by April 24
March 30, 2015
Dr. Carl June Awarded 2015 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
March 12, 2015
Dr. Jim Allison Awarded 2015 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
March 16, 2015
FDA Approval of Nivolumab Life Changing for Patients, Paradigm Shifting for the Cancer Immunotherapy Field
March 6, 2015
FDA Expands Approved Use of Opdivo to Treat Lung Cancer
March 4, 2015
Dr. Julie Brahmer Named March LUNGevity Hero for Research in Groundbreaking Field of Immunotherapy
March 2, 2015
Dr. Patrick Hwu Named Head of Cancer Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center
February 25, 2015
Dr. Suzanne Topalian Recognized for Pioneering Work in Immunotherapy Treatment of Melanoma and Other Cancers
February 10, 2015
Harnessing the Immune System to Fight Cancer
February 9, 2015
FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Genentech’s Investigational Cancer Immunotherapy MPDL3280A in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
February 2, 2015
Precision Medicine Transforms Cancer Treatment
January 29, 2015
Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee Named Deputy Director of Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
January 15, 2015
FDA Approves Opdivo for Advanced Melanoma
December 22, 2014
SITC Leaders Weigh in on New Research Published in Nature
December 12, 2014
Cancer's Super-Survivors: How the Promise of Immunotherapy is Transforming Oncology
December 5, 2014
Immunologic Treatments for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Show Promise in Clinical Trials
November 4, 2014
SITC Reacts to FDA Approval of First PD-1 Blocking Drug for Melanoma
September 5, 2014
Watch CNN's Vital Signs Cancer Immunotherapy Special featuring SITC Members
August 22, 2014
Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Cervical Cancer Treatment
June 9, 2014
New Immunotherapy Approach for Breast Cancer Shows Promise
June 3, 2014
Immunotherapy the New Tool in Cancer Fight
June 3, 2014
2014 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights on Immunotherapy for Melanoma and Cervical Cancer
June 2, 2014
New Immunotherapy Drug Data Show Promise in Treating Cancer
June 2, 2014
Long-term Results Encouraging for Combination Immunotherapy for Advanced Melanoma
June 2, 2014
U.S. to Test Immunotherapy Drugs on Newly Diagnosed Brain Tumors
June 1, 2014
First Effective Immunotherapy Against Bladder Cancer
May 31, 2014
Immunotherapy for Melanoma: On the Brink of a Breakthrough
May 31, 2014
Jim Allison Confronts Cancer, Critics with Immunotherapy
April 15, 2014
New Paradigms Emerge for Translating Immunotherapy Into Broad Clinical Use
April 10, 2014
Woman's Own Immune System Helps Fight Cancer
April 8, 2014
Immune Therapy Lifts Hopes in Fight With Cancer
March 10, 2014
New Therapies Raise Hope for a Breakthrough in Tackling Cancer
February 17, 2014
Final Trial Report of Sentinel-Node Biopsy versus Nodal Observation in Melanoma
February 13, 2014
GRU Cancer Vaccine Attacks Tumors
February 12, 2014
Grants Support Baylor Researchers’ Immunotherapy-based Treatment for Childhood Cancer
February 6, 2014
Killing Cancer Through the Immune System
February 4, 2014
Cancer Immunotherapy Named Science Breakthrough of 2013!
December 19, 2013
Creating a New Hero from an Old Story
December 12, 2013
Progress in Treating Cancer in the U.S. Continues to Surge, Surpassing 50 Million Life-years
December 4, 2013
New Immunotherapy for Brain Cancer Has 80% Success Rate
November 25, 2013
Advances in Cancer Immunotherapy Under Spotlight
October 21, 2013
Breaking Through Cancer’s Shield
October 15, 2013
2014 ISREC Symposium on Metastatic Colonization - January 22-25, 2014, Crans Montana, Switzerland
October 11, 2013
Immune System Harnessed to Fight Pancreatic Cancer
October 7, 2013
Immune Drugs Hold Hope of "Clinical Cure" for Deadly Skin Cancer
September 30, 2013
Novel Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Begins Clinical Trials
September 16, 2013
Treating Advanced Cancers with the Immunotherapy, High-dose Interleukin-2 (IL-2)
September 17, 2013
Melanoma: The Promise of Immunotherapy
August 29, 2013
Advaxis Announces Three Abstracts Accepted for Presentation at SITC Annual Meeting
September 3, 2013
Researchers Find New Immunotherapy Target in Aggressive Brain Tumors
August 28, 2013
CD8+ T Cells Induce Immune Suppression in the Tumor Microenvironment
August 28, 2013
Single Injection May Revolutionize Melanoma Treatment
August 23, 2013
Immune Checkpoint Blockers Show Promise Against Melanoma
August 4, 2013
Using the Immune System to Control Cancer: An Interview with Dr. Jedd Wolchok
August 1, 2013
Immunotherapy: The Newest Promising Treatment for Cancer
July 26, 2013
Immunotherapy Could Change the Way Mesothelioma and Other Cancers Are Treated
July 25, 2013
Researchers Target HER1 Receptor for Peptide Cancer Vaccine, Therapeutic Agents
July 25, 2013
Protein Linked to Cancer May Lead to Cure
July 24, 2013
New Treatment Options for Advanced Prostate Cancer
July 13, 2013
Experimental Melanoma Vaccine Shows Promise
July 11, 2013
Patient Has Positive Response to New Cancer Treatment
July 10, 2013
Advancements in Immunotherapy for Melanoma Skin Cancer
July 3, 2013
Ipilimumab-Nivolumab Combination Produces Rapid, Durable Response in Melanoma
July 3, 2013
New Hopes for Curing Cancer
July 9, 2013
Perspective: Assembly Line Immunotherapy
June 27, 2013
Promising New Melanoma Vaccine Passes Big Test, Study Finds
June 24, 2013
In Clinical Trial, Scientists Hope to Train Immune System to Attack Cancer
June 8, 2013
Vaccine for Cancer?
June 8, 2013
A New Class of Drugs is Being Deployed in the Struggle Against Cancer
June 8, 2013
What Makes a Breakthrough Cancer Drug in the Eyes of the FDA
June 4, 2013
Promising New Cancer Drugs Empower the Body’s Own Defense System
June 4, 2013
ASCO Wrap-Up: Cancer News from the West Coast
June 4, 2013
Researchers Test Safety of Nivolumab in Kidney Cancer
June 3, 2013
Immunotherapy is Not Just for Melanoma Anymore
May 31, 2013
Argentines, Cubans Create 1st Therapeutic Vaccine for Lung Cancer
May 31, 2013
SITC Member, Dr. Ribas on Anti-PD-1 Agent, Lambrolizumab in Melanoma
June 3, 2013
Melanoma Drugs Can Prolong Life of Some Cancer Patients, New Research Reveals
June 1, 2013
Bristol Drug Shrinks Melanoma in 31 Percent of Trial Patients
June 1, 2013
Bristol And Merck's Cancer Drugs Won ASCO. Five Slides Explain Why
June 4, 2013
Dr. Jedd D. Wolchok on PD1 Pathway, Activity of Novel Agent Nivolumab as Potential Predicative Target
June 3, 2013
Evidence Mounts for Immunotherapies to Treat Cancer
June 1, 2013
UPDATE: Dendreon Announces Prelim. Data for PROVENGE Shows Positive Immune Response
May 31, 2013
Lung-cancer Immunotherapy Gets its Close-up at Oncology Meeting
June 1, 2013
Promising New Therapy For Lung Cancer
May 31, 2013
Promising Drug Prevents Cancer Cells From Shutting Down Immune System
May 31, 2013
Cancer Immunotherapy the Top Focus at ASCO
May 31, 2013
Nivolumab Activity is Durable in Advanced Melanoma
June 2, 2013
Ipilimumab Plus Nivolumab Induced Long-Lasting Tumor Shrinkage in Advanced Melanoma
May 20, 2013
‘Truly Remarkable’ Response with Combination for Melanoma
May 15, 2013
Human Immune-Boosting Cancer Drugs Seen Extending Lives
May 13, 2013
Even More Success With Immunotherapy in Pediatric Leukemia
April 23, 2013
Young cancer patient's good news: 'Total remission!'
April 21, 2013
Scientists Improve Cancer Immunotherapy
April 11, 2013
Novel Cancer Immunotherapy Set to Enter Clinical Trials
April 16, 2013
More Promise With Immunotherapy in Pediatric Leukemia
April 16, 2013
Cancer Immunotherapy in Children: How does it Differ from Approaches in Adults?
April 8, 2013
Personalized Ovarian Cancer Treatment Gives Hope For Late-Stage Sufferers
April 8, 2013
New Cancer Agent Debuts in Multiple Cancers
April 8, 2013
Rise of Cell-Based Immunotherapy
March 25, 2013
Inventing the Future: Working Towards the Next Cancer Breakthrough
March 14, 2013
Immunotherapy Triggers Antitumor Responses in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
February 14, 2013
Dr. Kandalaft on an Ovarian Cancer Immunotherapy
March 5, 2013
High Points and Hurdles: Immunotherapy Moves Forward
October 25, 2012
Vaccine for Kidney Cancer Shows Activity
August 9, 2012
Expanding the Playing Field: Immune-Based Therapy Shows Potential for Lung, Other Cancers
June 12, 2012
Published in Science Translational Medicine - Melanoma and RCC: 66 % Objective response rate with SBRT + IL-2
June 7, 2012
Researchers report progress in cancer immunotherapy
March 5, 2012
New Immunotherapy Treatments for Melanoma Ranked #60 in Top 100 Health & Medicine Stories of the Year by Discover Magazine
January 6, 2012
NCI's Varmus highlights immunotherapy as one of the most significant cancer breakthroughs
December 22, 2011
Call for Applications for the Léopold Griffuel Prize for Breakthroughs in Cancer Research
April 17, 2011
Member Sites Selected for the Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network
April 1, 2011
FDA approves peginterferon alfa-2b for treatment of patients with melanoma with microscopic or gross nodal involvement
March 31, 2011
FDA approves new treatment for a type of late-stage skin cancer
March 25, 2011
Congress: Don't Cut Life-saving Funding for the National Institutes of Health
March 24, 2011
NIH Funding at Risk: Sign Petition to Congress Today
March 24, 2011
Despite Setbacks, Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Trials March On
February 15, 2011
Harold Varmus Named New NCI Director
May 18, 2010
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