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City of Hope-Developed COVID Vaccine Receives $367M in Federal Funding
In March 2020, while most people around the world were working or studying from home as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down communities, City of Hope scientist Don J. Diamond...
City of Hope CAR T cell therapy for advanced prostate cancer demonstrates positive results in phase 1 clinical trial
•    Trial results published today in Nature Medicine •    A phase 1b trial using the same CAR T cell therapy has opened  CONTACT Letisia Marquez 626-476-7593 [email protected]  LOS ANGELES...
Sarcoma patient in Midwest follows oncologist across country
Ken Hunt is the kind of corporate hired gun who specializes in showing companies how to operate more efficiently and increase their bottom line. A management consultant based in Chicago...
Targeting glioblastoma with a cancer-killing virus
Glioblastoma is a virtually incurable brain cancer with a five-year-survival rate of only 10%.    “It’s heartbreaking to keep telling people in clinic that we don’t have a cure,” said...
Physician tackles the challenges of pediatric sarcoma
Pediatric sarcomas, which affect the bones and soft tissues of children and teenagers, are among the toughest cancers to treat. Pediatric oncologist Janet Yoon, M.D., is passionately dedicated to...
New grant awarded to City of Hope researchers seeks to advance glioblastoma treatment
Behnam Badie, M.D.City of Hope’s Brain Tumor Program is constantly looking at ways to improve care in the field of neurological cancers by combining innovative research with expert...
Investigating a Next-Generation Neoantigen Vaccine Candidate for Colorectal and Solid Tumor Cancers in a First-in-human Clinical Trial
Roughly 15-20% of people diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most common cancer diagnosed in both sexes in the U.S., excluding skin cancer, will have tumors with deficient mismatch...
Leading-edge surgical treatments and innovative telemedicine for patients
Laleh Melstrom, M.D., M.S.Remote Perioperative Telemonitoring of Patient-generated Physiologic Health Data and Patient-reported Outcomes Patient-generated health data (PGHD) and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are increasingly being used in...
Using CAR T Cell Therapy to Target Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer in a Phase 1 Trial
Prostate cancer cells Internationally recognized prostate cancer researcher and associate professor of medicine in the Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, Tanya Dorff, M.D., has focused heavily on...
Targeting an "undruggable" mutation: results of the first selective KRAS G12C inhibitor in a solid tumor study
Marwan G. Fakih, M.D.Phase 1 Trial of Sotorasib (AMG 510) in Advanced, Heavily Pretreated Solid Tumors Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS), the most frequently mutated oncogene...