NEW CURE. NEW HOPE.
A child's own immune system has the potential to cure their cancer. Welcome to Strong Against Cancer, a team effort that includes leading experts and people like you who will make cancer immunotherapy treatment a reality. With you on our team, cancer doesn't stand a chance.
Roarke
Roarke was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 12 and received four months of chemotherapy and 30 rounds of proton radiation. Thanks to Seattle Children’s, Roarke completed his treatment in April 2018…
Avery
Avery Berg was diagnosed with a cancerous AT/RT brain tumor at age 10. After she braved six months of chemotherapy and radiation, Seattle Children’s neurosurgeons performed a highly challenging surgery that saved her life in January 2017.…
Milton
Milton Wright III has worked at Seattle Children’s for several months, but the hospital has been his second home for much of his life. Wright’s childhood unfolded within Seattle Children’s walls — making friends, experiencing loss and facing death more times than he can count. Today, Wright is back at Seattle Children’s — not as a patient, but as an employee and a symbol of hope. “I want to do something that’s worthy of my life being saved,” Wright said.…
Greta
In 2014, Andy and Maggie’s baby daughter, Greta, was dying. Diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at just three months old, Greta barely survived chemotherapy and a bone…
Erin
The worst day of Sarah and Antony Cross’ life was when they found out their 2-year-old daughter, Erin, had leukemia. “Erin endured years of chemotherapy, and we thought we had the cancer beat,” said Erin’s mother, Sarah…
Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is the next great advancement in cancer treatment. Through cellular engineering, we enable the body’s own immune system to heal itself—without the harsh and often lifelong side effects of chemotherapy and radiation.
How Immunotherapy Works
1Blood Draw
We do a simple blood draw from a patient.
2Reprogram T Cells
Using laboratory techniques, we reprogram the child's own T cells, training them to recognize enemy cancer cells.
3T Cells Multiply
When re-introduced into the patient’s body, the T cells multiply rapidly, seeking out and destroying cancer cells—without harming normal, healthy cells.
of patients achieved complete remission in the clinical trial using genetically reprogrammed T cells to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Our Program Sponsors
We salute the companies that are standing strong against childhood cancer and have made a $250K cumulative donation since inception.
