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Why CRI
- Our Purpose
- Our Approach
- Our Leadership
- About CRI
- Resources
  - Events
  - Blog
  - Media Room
  - Annual Reports
  - FAQs
This is your opportunity to help create a world immune to cancer

Join us and the world’s leading scientists in the pursuit of life saving immunotherapies that will forever change how we treat cancer, from the inside out.

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- Overview
  - Immunotherapy at a Glance
  - Immunotherapy In-Depth
- Resource Center
- Immunotherapy Stories
  - Patients
This is your opportunity to help create a world immune to cancer

Join us and the world’s leading scientists in the pursuit of life saving immunotherapies that will forever change how we treat cancer, from the inside out.

DONATE NOW
Who We Serve
- Scientists
- Patients
This is your opportunity to help create a world immune to cancer

Join us and the world’s leading scientists in the pursuit of life saving immunotherapies that will forever change how we treat cancer, from the inside out.

DONATE NOW
Take Action
- Donate
- Fundraise
- Participate
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This is your opportunity to help create a world immune to cancer

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Cancer Research Institute Event Calendar

2019 Immunotherapy Patient Summit Live Stream

Our 2019 Cancer Research Institute Immunotherapy Patient Summit in New York City on September 7, 2019 was streamed live on the web.

Watch the 2019 CRI Immunotherapy Patient Summit Series YouTube playlist:

Read the New York City Summit blog post recap

View the New York City Summit photos:

The Summit is a free half-day Saturday event for patients, caregivers, and advocates. Attendees learn more about how new breakthroughs in immunotherapy are changing standards of care for all cancers and ask healthcare experts and cancer veterans questions directly.

The live stream program is held on Saturday, September 7, begins at 10:00am, and concludes at 2:00pm.

10:00am: Welcome and introduction
10:15am: Basics of immunotherapy presentation with Vamsidhar Velcheti, MD (NYU Langone)
10:45am: Latest immunotherapy research update panel discussion, moderated by Vamsidhar Velcheti, MD (NYU Langone) with
- Sylvia Adams, MD (NYU Langone)
- Claire Friedman, MD (MSKCC)
- Gulam A. Manji, MD, PhD (CUIMC)
11:30am: Patient perspective with Mary Elizabeth Willliams, melanoma veteran
12:00pm: Break
1:00pm: Demystifying clinical trials presentation
1:15pm: Demystifying clinical trials panel discussion with patients treated with immunotherapy
- Tara (melanoma)
- Oswald (lung cancer)
- Dorothy (esophageal cancer)

Join us online on Saturday, September 7, 2019.

Follow our Patient Summit series across the United States with the hashtag #CRISummit.

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