Recognizing Outstanding Achievement
…Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapy in the Abramson Cancer Center, and the Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Penn. Dr. June has published more than…
The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation directs your individual donations to breakthrough scientific research. Since 2005, we have funded $36 million in research projects. The Neuroendocrine Research Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization, so all donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. We are grateful to you for your generosity.
The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation directs your individual donations to breakthrough scientific research. Since 2005, we have funded $36 million in research projects. The Neuroendocrine Research Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization, so all donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. We are grateful to you for your generosity.
…Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapy in the Abramson Cancer Center, and the Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Penn. Dr. June has published more than…
…to be notified of NETRF grant opportunities. Accelerator Award Multipronged approaches to develop immunotherapy targeting NETs Xianxin Hua, MD, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA This…
…depends on the type of tumor being treated. Some of the chemotherapy drugs used to treat NETs include: Capecitabine Carboplatin Cisplatin Dacarbazine Doxorubicin Etoposide 5-fluorouracil Oxaliplatin Streptozocin Temozolomide IMMUNOTHERAPY Immunotherapy…
…system is impaired, leading to an hyper-mutator phenotype. If a similar mechanism is present in pNETs, it may represent a strong rationale for the use of immunotherapy. In addition, we…
…Over the years, significant progress has been made in cancer immunotherapy, which includes treatments that empower a patient’s own immune system to fight cancer. One promising immunotherapy avenue is the…
…liver metastasis, immune evasion, and their convergence on current immunotherapy resistance in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs). Why is this important? The incidence of pNETs has increased steadily over recent decades,…
…a NETRF Investigator Award to study the mechanisms underlying liver metastasis, immune evasion, and their convergence on current immunotherapy resistance in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Cancer immunotherapy is a treatment that…
General Description This study tests the immunotherapy SurVaxM in combination with a somatostatin analog in patients with survivin-expressing NETs. The vaccine targets survivin, a protein that’s often highly expressed in…
…NET cells that can serve as the basis for the exploration of a new immunotherapy to treat pancreatic NETs. What question will the researchers try to answer? In what ways…
…revolution in cancer therapy. However, determining the potential of immunotherapy to be efficacious for patients with NETs necessitates an understanding of the tumor-immune phenotype which today remains unknown. Research Objectives…