Sharon Belvin was one of the first patients in the world treated with an immune checkpoint inhibitorand remains cancerfree today. #Immune2Cancer #CIM22 #Melanoma #CancerSurvivor

In 2004, at only 22 years old, Sharon Belvin was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma. Running out of options, her oncologist, Dr. Jedd Wolchok of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, informed her of a new type of cancer treatment called checkpoint blockade immunotherapy that was in early stages of testing. Without any hesitation, she enrolled in a clinical trial of ipilimumab (Yervoy), a CTLA4 checkpoint inhibitor. After only four rounds of treatment, she was declared cancerfree one year later. Now, sixteen years later, she works as a health educator and wellness coach to help people with a variety of diseases return to full strength. https://www.cancerresearch.org/immuno...

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