Walter J Urba MD, PhD
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CMO Providence Cancer Institute, @Providence. Physician Director, @ChilesResearch, a division of Providence Cancer Institute. #FinishCancer Tweets my own.
Portland, Oregon
Joined November 2012
Race time! So excited to be on the #CancerCrushers team at #HoodToCoast24, raising money for cancer research @providence @ChilesResearch
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All of us in the @EarleAChilesResearch Institute mourn the loss of our friend and my fellow Bruin @billwaltoncom He was a supporter of cancer research and our keynote speaker at the 2012 Positive Perspectives Creating Hope luncheon. #RIP#Finishcancer
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Dr. Prakash Ambady, medical director of the newly expanded @ProvHealth Neuro-oncology Program spoke with @AMNW about the expansion of the program and the renewed focus on providing the most comprehensive care to our #brain #tumor patients.
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It was my pleasure and honor to start this ASCO with you @OmidHamidMD
#ASCO22 first session Breakfast Meet the Expert with @PAscierto (great follow btw) #immunotherapy infusion @PeninsulaHotels @ASCO @angelesclinic #worktodo
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Congratulations to Eric Tran, PhD, SITC’s 2020 Rosenberg Scholar, for this groundbreaking work on cell therapy in solid tumors. This research is an important step forward for #immunotherapy for the treatment of #PancreaticCancer #CIM22
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Making the undruggable druggable: 🔸TCR gene therapy targeting the KRAS G12D hot-spot mutation show objective partial response in a patient with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma that had been refractory to standard therapy! @NEJM @OncoAlert
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Neoantigen T-Cell Receptor Gene Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer | NEJM https://t.co/ugmw0wOj9W Congrats to Eric and his team on these incredible results!
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A patient with progressive metastatic pancreatic cancer was treated with a single infusion of 16.2×109 autologous T cells that had been genetically engineered to clonally express two allogeneic HLA...
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Just out in @NEJM, initial results of #clinicaltrial co-led by Eric Tran PhD & @romleidner demonstrating how a patient w/metastatic #pancreaticcancer experienced a 72% tumor reduction 9 months after receiving a highly personalized form of #immunotherapy. https://t.co/qfNV6rRBft
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Researchers at Providence Cancer Institute announced results from a study that features a new treatment for pancreatic cancer on Wednesday.
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Researchers at Providence Cancer Institute announced results from a study that features a new treatment for pancreatic cancer on Wednesday.
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Dr. Rom Leidner created a groundbreaking experimental cancer treatment in Portland, Oregon. @ReporterBlayne has more details.
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Congrats Eric Tran, @romleidner & the @ChilesResearch team @providence. A testament to the vision of @WalterUrba in building a cancer center focused on #immunotherapy, not within the guided halls of academia, but the gritty sidewalks of the community where patients live.@NEJM
Thrilling news published in @NEJM from our own Eric Tran PhD & @RomLeidner. Learn how they pioneered a second-generation #adoptivecelltherapy using genetically engineered #Tcells to give hope to a woman with #metastatic #pancreaticcancer. Article link: https://t.co/qfNV6rRBft
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"I consider it completely unimportant who in the Party will vote, or how. But what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how.” Joseph Stalin, 1923 (as quoted in “Oxford Essential Quotations, 2017)
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If somebody wanted to kill baseball, they're doing a pretty good job of it. I think of so many happy afternoons and evenings at the ballpark with friends and family, many long gone. It makes me livid, but even more sorrowful. How dare they ruin such a beautiful game.
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💥Today, After more than 3 decades service Raj K. Puri, MD, PhD, retired/As Dir Division of Cellular & Gene Therapies (DCGT) in OTAT, #CBER, @US_FDA He played a role in approval of numerous #cell & #GeneTherapies that improved outcomes for patients @IovanceBio @sitcancer THXS!
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Sincerely thx @sitcancer 2 materialize this efforts 2 cal for worldwide experts in #multiplexIF & #spatialtech 2 sit in one room, 2 come out with Checklist to standardize studies, & to improve the quality-2 pave the way to clin implementation. @AkoyaBio @abcam @lunaphore @mysgh
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Thank you @KuniFoundation for your generous support of our work!
The Pacific Northwest is a hub of #CancerResearch innovation and we're grateful to help support the groundbreaking work of @UWMedicine @OHSUKnight @ChilesResearch and @fredhutch to improve #access, #detection and #treatment for all communities. #cancermoonshot #CancerAwareness
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You are an inspiration to all of us @roth_becky. It has been a privilege to have walked with you on your cancer journey. #WorldCancerDay2022
When the world says, "Give up." Hope whispers, "Try it one more time." -Unknown Celebrating World Cancer Day with a thankful heart. Almost eleven years since my battle with Stage 4 oral cancer @rbryanbell
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#WorldCancerDay2022 #FinishCancer #cancersucks
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On #WorldCancerDay2022 we affirm our commitment to compassionate, high-quality care based on national quality standards incl. achieving accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer, a quality program of the @AmCollSurgeons. More: https://t.co/TPKP0GUU2l
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Happy #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay. Honored to work with amazing docs & leaders such as #MedOnc Division Director Stacy Lewis @PDXHeme, Thoracic Oncology Program Director RachelSanbornMD, Breast Cancer Program Director @AliConlinMD & Breast Surgery Director Dr. Kristen Massimino.
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💥Postdoc avail in #FoxLab @ChilesResearch 4 #immunologist 2 eval #cancer #immune #response /1st-in-human study of #vaccine/anti-#GITR/anti-#PD1 4 #HNSCC #Cancer Join @Shawn_M_Jensen @romleidner @LabPiening @WWredmond4 @carlobifulco @rbryanbell @UbiVac
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