2008 Free to Breathe Young Investigator Research Grant
Prasad Adusumilli, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Research Project:
Treating Visceral Pleural Invasion
Summary:
Dr. Adusumilli aims to improve treatment for patients with Visceral Pleural Invasion, a condition that affects one in four early stage lung cancer patients, where cancer cells spread to the membrane covering the lungs’ surface. The goal of his research is to develop a novel lung cancer treatment by genetically modifying patients’ own immune cells (T cells) to eliminate their tumor cells.