Thanks to a dramatic response to a clinical trial, patient diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer shows no evidence of disease
John Polo was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in spring 2019. He entered a clinical trial that combined radiation with two cancer immunotherapy drugs, and today doctors can no longer detect cancer in his body.
First he survived cancer – now he studies it
Dmitry Karpeyev survived a rare cancer thanks to his care team at UChicago Medicine. Now he's showing his gratitude by volunteering his time to research the type of cancer he had.