The Giovanna Tosi Association to fight cancer was born at the end of 2016 to honor the memory of Dr. Giovanna Tosi, an internationally renowned scientist and teacher at the University of Insubria.
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To form and inform the public on the various aspects of cancer from prevention to diagnosis and treatment, from environment-associated causes to epidemiology of cancer.
To help cancer patients at the hospital and home.
To help young investigators to initiate and develop their career as cancer researchers
Here are some articles regarding the initiatives of our association.
25 may 2021
The message of President Joe Biden to the AACR for the National Cancer Research Month
8 september 2020
The Europeam Medicines Agency of EU approved durvalumab (anti-PD-L1, Imfinzi) as first line treatment in combination with chemoterapies for small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC).
For complete information, please visit the site:
28 may 2020
For complete information on the approval and protocol of treatment, please visit the FDA web site:
20 may 2020
FDA approves atezolizumab (anti-PD-L1) for first-line treatment of metastatic NSCLC with high PD-L1 expression
For full information, visit the FDA website at:
31 march 2020
FDA approves Durvalumab, an anti-PD-1 antibody, for the treatment of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer
For full information, see the URL:
5 march 2020
Cancer Research Institute: new fellowships, deadline 1 april 2020
The CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program provides critical financial support and continued career training to the most promising young scientists in basic and tumor immunology as part of CRI lifesaving work in cancer immunotherapy research
For full information see the URL: https://www.cancerresearch.org/scientists/fellowships-grants/post-doctoral-fellows
17 may 2019
Cancer Research Institute, international reference center for cancer immunotherapy
Cancer Research Institute (CRI) one of the most prestigious international institutions that supports basic and clinical research on tumor immunotherapy, presents its program, informations and most important news on progress in the field that is a major interest of our Association as well.
To know more about the mission and achievements of the CRI, please visit the website
https://www.cancerresearch.org/
19 september 2018
Poliovirus Therapy Extends Survival in Recurrent Glioblastoma
A genetically modified poliovirus therapy shows significantly improved long-term survival for patients with recurrent glioblastoma, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Read the comment at: https://dgnews.docguide.com/poliovirus-therapy-extends-survival-recurrent-glioblastoma?overlay=2&nl_ref=newsletter&pk_campaign=newsletter&nl_eventid=16136
and the article at: http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1716435
8 may 2018
Cancer Immunotherapy at the Annual Meeting of the AACR
Over the past few years, cancer immunotherapy has made substantial progress and become an important treatment option for patients with a variety of cancers. At the 2018 annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held in Chicago, april 14-18, 2018 Immunotherapy dominated the headlines.
For a brief recap of the meeting please visit the website of CRI at:
18 april 2018
Checkpoint immunotherapy combination approved for first-line treatment of Advanced Kidney Cancer
Read more in our News section
Where to find us:
Chair of General Pathology and Immunology
School of Medicine, University of Insubria
Padiglione Biffi
Via Ottorino Rossi 9, 21100 Varese
Tel. + 39-348-3034698