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A transformative gift from local philanthropists Steve and Susan Kelly launches first-of-its-kind hub for pediatric cancer immunotherapy.
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CHOP’s Cancer Center helps families manage the extreme emotions elicited by a child’s cancer diagnosis through its world-class, comprehensive, innovative psychosocial services.
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An alternative, humanized CD19 CAR T product for first relapse of pediatric ALL is being evaluated in a clinical trial at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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CHOP researchers analyze how some cancer cells resist a groundbreaking cellular therapy, and have found clues to overcoming that resistance.
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The European Commission (EC) approves Kymriah, the first-ever U.S. FDA approved personalized CAR T-cell gene immunotherapy for aggressive blood cancers.
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CHOP has been at the forefront of developing cell therapy to treat ALL. Some next steps include initiating clinical trials for AML and, ultimately, making this treatment work for solid tumors.
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Thanks to a recent initiative at CHOP, patients newly diagnosed with B-cell and T-cell ALL, and lymphoblastic lymphoma, now go home on average 9 days after diagnosis — that's 3 weeks sooner than previous stays.
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Dr. Grupp focuses on required preparations, recovery phase, and potential new applications of CAR T-cell therapy.
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Emily Whitehead, the first pediatric patient to receive CAR T-cell therapy, and her family honor the CHOP team who saved her life with a $250,000 research grant to expand the use of the therapy for relapsed or refractory ALL.
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Charles Phillips, MD, a CHOP fellow, recounts his experience caring for a cancer patient and the many firsts it brought to the both of them.