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Stand Up 2 Cancer Features Mitch Carbon's Immunotherapy Story

Sep 27, 2016

After four years of battling leukemia, Mitch was no longer responding to his cancer therapy. But new immunotherapy options at Children's Hospital gave him another chance to be a kid.

Cancer Immunotherapy Stories Shared at the Vatican

Sep 13, 2016

CHOP's revolutionary T-cell immunotherapy was featured at “Cellular Horizons: The Third International Conference on the Progress of Regenerative Medicine and Its Cultural Impact,” an exclusive international event at the Vatican.

Younger T Cells May Improve Immunotherapy for Children’s Cancer

Feb 12, 2016

CHOP is working to improve personalized cell therapy for children. Using younger T cells may offer better results against certain types of leukemia and lymphoma.

Benefits Persist in T Cell Therapy for Children With Relapsed Leukemia

Dec 6, 2014

An innovative cell therapy against a highly aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) continues to show highly promising results in children treated in a pilot study.

ALL patients achieve complete remission 90 percent of the time

Personalized Cellular Therapy Achieves Complete Remission in 90 Percent of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients Studied

Oct 15, 2014

Ninety percent of children and adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) went into remission after receiving an investigational therapy, CTL019.

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