Immune to Cancer: The CRI Blog
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Author Shares Her Immunotherapy Experience in New Memoir
In her new memoir, Mary Elizabeth Williams documents her experience with metastatic melanoma, and her subsequent treatment…
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Immunotherapy in the Spotlight
Dateline NBC took a closer look at this revolution known as immunotherapy and plans to tap into…
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   Atezolizumab (Tecentriq™) Receives FDA Approval for Bladder Cancer
It becomes the first FDA-approved checkpoint blockade immunotherapy for bladder cancer.
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Cancer Research Institute Raises $1.2 Million at Annual Through the Kitchen
On Sunday, May 16, 2016, the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) held its 34th annual “Through the Kitchen”…
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   FDA Approves Nivolumab (Opdivo) for Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients
Nivolumab becomes first checkpoint immunotherapy approved for lymphoma.
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   Questions About Cancer Immunotherapy? Ask a Scientist!
We’re excited to present our newest educational initiative for patients—the Ask a Scientist video series.
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   #AACR16 Update: Vice President Biden and the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative
VP Biden addresses AACR16 seeking suggestions and solutions.
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   #AACR16 Update: The Promise of Synthetic Biology and CAR T Cell Technologies
Genetically engineered cells can be customized to target cancer.
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   #AACR16 Update: New Hope for Patients with Rare Skin Cancer, Head & Neck Cancer
Anti-PD-1 blockade and two other types of immunotherapy effective in treating multiple tumor types.
 

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