Inspiring Cancer Survivor Stories from Cell and Gene Therapies

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These therapies work by adding, deleting or changing the DNA within an individual’s existing cells to give those cells a new set of instructions that can help them find and fight cancer.</p> <p class="impacttext">For patients with certain types of blood cancers, there are approved CAR T therapies available today. There are also many clinical trials available for different types of cancers using cell and gene therapies.</p> <p class="impacttext">Today there is an urgent need to translate the profound success of CAR T therapies for blood cancers into successful therapies for the most complex and deadly cancers – solid tumor cancers. Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy is currently funding breakthrough research to tackle pancreatic cancer, brain cancer, ovarian cancer, sarcomas, lung cancer, and more, and to advance the understanding of solid tumor biology that will lead to curative therapies.</p> <p class="impacttext">Your doctor or oncologist can help you understand if CAR T-cell therapies are a potential treatment for your cancer and can also help you explore clinical trials.</p> <div style="height:40px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://acgtfoundation.org/who-we-are/contact-us/?segmentCode=CFSUR">SIGN UP FOR CANCER SURVIVAL STORIES</a></div> </div> <div style="height:40px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="container-fluid limit patientstory fullsmall"> <div class="row patientitem"> <div class="psimg col-md-7 col-lg-6 col-xl-5 offset-xl-1 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-start"> <img decoding="async" class="align-self-center align-self-lg-start" src="https://acgtfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LaurieAdamiC1X.png" /> </div> <div class="pstext col-md-5 col-lg-6 col-xl-5"> <div class="eyebrow"> </div> <h2>Meet Laurie Adami</h2> <div class="impacttext"> <p>There was a cancer therapy that would be manufactured just for me? 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