BREAKING NEWS: CVC partners with the V Foundation for Game-Changing Grants

BREAKING NEWS: CVC partners with the V Foundation for Game-Changing Grants

“We’re finally at a point where we will see cancer vaccines approved for clinical use in the near future.”

- Dr. Nora Disis,
UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute

A BOLD
COLLABORATION
FOR CANCER VACCINES.

No one should have to go through painful cancer treatments, or die, when we have the science to train our own immune systems to fight off cancer.

-Kristen Dahlgren, Former NBC journalist & Founder of Cancer Vaccine Coalition

WE ARE AT A TIPPING POINT…

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1

We know the type of immune response needed, to kill cancer.

Illustration of bacteria, viruses, and microscopic particles in a biological environment.

2

We know which parts of a cancer can be targeted.

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3

New vaccine technology makes immunization
more effective.

There’s no time to wait…

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African American breast cancer patient waiting for a cancer vaccine
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CVC SUPPORTS SCIENCE BY:

  • Funding clinical research trials

  • Creating collaboration

  • Engaging stakeholders

  • Promoting awareness

  • INSISTING on better options for patients

With the goal of a safe, effective cancer vaccines approved for use ASAP.

THE SCIENTISTS

We have assembled many of the top breast cancer doctors and vaccine researchers in the world for an unprecedented collaboration with a laser focus on cancer vaccines for treatment and someday, prevention.

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Dr. Nora Disis
UW/CVI

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Dr. Larry Norton
Memorial Sloan Kettering

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Dr. Julia Tchou
Penn Medicine

Dr. Powel Brown
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Dr. G. Thomas Budd
Cleveland Clinic

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Dr. Paula Pohlmann
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Dr. Beth Mittendorf
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

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Dr. Shipra Gandhi
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

What would you give to END cancer?