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CAR T-cell patient Jacelyn Walsh and family
After Years of Treatment and Three Relapses, CAR T-cell Therapy Offers Hope for Leukemia Patient

Jacelyn Walsh, a 41-year-old mother of two, relapsed three times in her battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. After trying CAR T-cell therapy at UChicago Medicine, she has hope for the future.

Antoinette Barnes-Murdock
Preventive Screening Detects Lung Cancer in Otherwise Healthy Patient

Antoinette Barnes-Murdock is a poster child for why lung cancer screening is important.

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How to Navigate Nutrition After a Cancer Diagnosis

Eating healthy is challenging. Add to that a cancer diagnosis and it can become exceptionally difficult to eat right – or even at all.


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CAR T-cell Therapy: Scott McIntyre's Story

After many treatments for stage 3 diffuse B-cell lymphoma failed, Scott McIntyre of South Bend, Ind., became the first patient to undergo CAR T-cell therapy in a clinical trial at the University of Chicago Medicine. Today, the 56-year-old truck dealer has no signs of any remaining cancer.

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Share How You've Tackled Cancer 'Together'

It takes a team to take on cancer – the support of family and friends, as well as doctors, nurses and researchers seeking new treatments and cures. Tell us how your team worked together to #AnswerCancer.

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UChicago Medicine Surges Ahead With Revolutionary CAR T-cell Cancer Treatment

UChicago Medicine's clinical trials for CAR T-cell therapy are showing so much promise for certain blood cancers that more studies are being started, FDA approvals are on the horizon, and pharmaceutical companies are hovering.

Learn more about what's new in CAR T-cell therapy.

Aspiring Teacher Ready to Spread Her Wings After Beating Leukemia

In 2012, Rachael Elliott was attending community college with plans to transfer to a four-year school and then pursue a teaching career.  But then cancer nearly grounded her.

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Fruits and veggies
How to navigate nutrition after a cancer diagnosis
Antoinette Barnes-Murdock, lung cancer patient
Preventive screening detects lung cancer in an otherwise healthy patient
ATF Live: Elizabeth Blair, MD, and Everett Vokes, MD
At the Forefront Live: Where you begin your cancer journey matters
Michael Bishop, MD, in cellular therapy laboratory
UChicago Medicine surges ahead with revolutionary CAR T-cell cancer treatment
CAR T-cell therapy patient Andrew Parker
CAR T-cell therapy recipient surpasses 3-year cancer-free mark
Jacelyn Walsh, CAR T-cell therapy patient
After years of treatment and three relapses, CAR T-cell therapy offers hope for leukemia patient
Scott McIntyre, CAR T-cell therapy recipient
Three years after CAR T-cell therapy for lymphoma, patient still cancer-free
Breast cancer patient Deborah Gross-Madison
Triple-negative breast cancer survivor uses fashion to inspire others
Chef Grant Achatz, head and neck cancer survivor, at work in the kitchen at Roister.
Chef triumphs over tongue cancer and in the culinary world