Saung, May Tun
Muth, Stephen
Ding, Ding
Thomas, Dwayne L.
Blair, Alex B.
Tsujikawa, Takahiro
Coussens, Lisa
Jaffee, Elizabeth M.
Zheng, Lei http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4163-2541
Funding for this research was provided by:
Conquer Cancer Foundation
National Institutes of Health (T32 CA 9071-36, R01 CA169702, R01 CA197296)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (OCTRI #UL1TR000128, OCTRI #UL1TR000128)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17H07016)
Bristol-Myers Squibb (International Immuno-Oncology Network grant)
Skip Viragh Foundation
National Cancer Institute (P50 CA062924, P50 CA062924)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (P30 CA006973)
Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research (P30 CA006973)
Article History
Received: 10 September 2018
Accepted: 26 October 2018
First Online: 13 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Institutional review board (IRB) approval was obtained before initiation of the clinical trial. As this was a retrospective study, IRB approved the request for waiver for patients’ consents. All animal studies were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
: Not applicable
: L.Z. receives grant supports from Bristol-Meyer Squibb, Merck, iTeos, Amgen, Gradalis, and Halozyme, and receives the royalty for licensing GVAX to Aduro Biotech. L.Z. is a paid consultant/Advisory Board Member at Biosynergies, Oncorus, Alphamab, Merck, NovaRock and AstroZeneca. E.M.J. receives the royalty for licensing GVAX to Aduro Biotech.
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