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SITC 2024 Advances in Cancer Immunotherapy Series We’re excited to announce SITC’s 2024 Advances in Cancer Immunotherapy (ACI) educational series, which offers in-depth clinical training in immunotherapy treatment for a variety of disease states and topics from experts in the field. The ACI programs aim to engage practicing clinical oncologists, advanced practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, emergency physicians, and other allied health professionals ...
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On behalf of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) and the SITC Melanoma Guideline Expert Panel, we are pleased to announce the publication of SITC’s Melanoma Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG), version 3.0. This manuscript is SITC’s first CPG covering immunotherapy indications for cutaneous melanoma as well as rarer subtypes of the disease. Immunotherapy is a standard of care option for both BRAF -wildtype and BRAFV600 -mutated ...
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On behalf of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) and the International Bladder Cancer Group (IBCG), we are pleased to announce the publication of the “ Definitions, End Points, and Clinical Trial Designs for Bladder Cancer: Recommendations From the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer and the International Bladder Cancer Group ,” in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. These recommendations provide a detailed clinical trial design guide ...
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On behalf of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) and the SITC Gynecologic Cancer Immunotherapy Guideline Expert Panel, we are pleased to announce the publication of SITC’s Gynecologic Cancer Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG). This manuscript is SITC’s first CPG covering immunotherapy indications for cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancer, as well as other rare gynecologic cancers. The treatment landscape in gynecologic cancers is ...
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SITC is pleased to announce the publication of our newest guideline, " Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer. " Clinicians will find this guideline an invaluable resource to assist in navigating the challenging issues that sometimes arise during the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer, including treatment selection based on histology and biomarker status, ...
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the treatment of several solid tumors, providing deep and durable responses for many patients. However, the anti-tumor mechanism of action of ICIs can also cause aberrantly active self-damaging immune responses, leading to immune-related adverse events (irAEs). The natural history, response to treatment, and patterns of irAEs vary widely, ranging from short-term inflammatory conditions to prolonged ...
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The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) hosted the "Combination Immunotherapy Resistance Workshop" with the purpose of bringing together immunotherapy experts from across academia, government, and industry to reach consensus on definitions of IO resistance to accelerate drug development. Consensus resistance definitions from the workshop have recently been published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer ( JITC ) via three manuscripts, ...
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JITC is proud to announce the first publications in a new series, “Liquid Biopsies Coming of Age: Biology, Emerging Technologies, and Clinical Translation.” Authored by leading voices in cancer biology, technology development, and immuno-oncology, this JITC series features authoritative review articles on liquid biopsy- and ctDNA-related uses in immuno-oncology, with accompanying clinically-focused viewpoint letters from expert physicians. ...
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JITC’s complete special series of review articles, Imaging and Immunotherapy, is now available. Edited by Elisabeth G.E. de Vries, MD, PhD, and Lawrence H. Schwartz, MD, and authored by leading voices from a multitude of backgrounds, this series explores novel imaging strategies, new approaches to conventional imaging – including the use of artificial intelligence, radiomics, and MRI – and special considerations for radiotherapy, immunotherapy, ...
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The oncology community understands the need to ensure participants in clinical trials represent the broader patient community that will ultimately be treated using the therapies under investigation. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance, Diversity Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Subgroups in Clinical Trials, which recommends that all sponsors submit a Race and Diversity ...
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The 37th Annual Meeting & Pre-Conference Programs of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC 2022) was our largest annual meeting ever! If you attended in person or virtually, we hope you enjoyed the world’s largest conference focused solely on cancer immunotherapy. Abstracts are available in JITC .
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No uniform method has been established to predict the probability of success for individual clinical trials. To help identify clinical trials with a high likelihood of offering benefit to patients, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) brought together a team of experts in immuno-oncology to create a conceptual framework for potential value in phase III studies evaluating immunotherapy combinations. The framework, put forth as a checklist ...
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There is a national crisis slowing clinical research due to staffing shortages, administrative burden and current clinical trial business models. Towards creating solutions, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) hosted the Crisis in Clinical Research Virtual Summit on Wednesday, Aug. 17, from 10:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. EDT. Attendees included oncologists, administrators, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ...
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The number of cellular and gene therapy-based oncology treatments being developed has grown exponentially over the past ten years. Towards continuing momentum, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) hosted the Cellular Therapy Regulatory Summit to define hurdles causing delays in development and regulatory review of these important products, as well as provide actionable solutions. The results of this summit are detailed in this newly released ...
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SITC is pleased to announce the publication of our newest guideline, "Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer." Clinicians will find this guideline an invaluable resource to assist in navigating the challenging issues that sometimes arise during the treatment of advanced nonmelanoma skin cancer, including treatment selection, immunosuppressed patient ...
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SITC is pleased to announce the publication of our newest guideline, " Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of lung cancer and mesothelioma." This guideline will provide a valuable clinical decision-making tool to help guide oncologists and other advanced practice providers on key aspects of immunotherapy treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, and mesothelioma. ...
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A look back on JITC's tremendous evolution and growth over the past decade, with an eye toward the bright future of the immunotherapy field
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