On Tap Today
The wait is over! The 32nd Annual Meeting (SITC 2017) kicks off this morning. On-site registration and badge pickup opens at 7 a.m. for those who are joining us for the first time this week, with a breakfast also available before sessions begin at 8 a.m.SITC 2017 is the first Annual Meeting for Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD, as President of the society. Dr. Butterfield had served as Vice President of SITC the past two years before becoming the first female President of SITC in its history following last year's Annual Meeting.

32nd Annual Meeting - Friday Programming
8 a.m. - 6:35 p.m. / Maryland & Cherry Blossom Ballrooms
The day's programming opens with the National Cancer Institute update from T. Kevin Howcroft, PhD and Julius Strauss, MD, the latter of whom will discuss his 2016 NCI Immunotherapy Fellowship.![]() |
Stephan Grupp, MD, PhD |
Today's late-breaking abstract session from Noon - 12:30 p.m. in the Maryland Ballroom features the following presentations:
- Interim Safety Analysis of Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network – 12 (CITN-12): A Phase 1 Study of Pembrolizumab in Patients with HIV and Relapsed, Refractory or Disseminated Malignancies
- Thomas S. Uldrick, MD, MD – National Cancer Institute
- Nivolumab in Mismatch-Repair Deficient (MMR-d) Cancers: NCI-MATCH Trial (Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice) Arm Z1D Preliminary Results
- Nilofer Azad, MD – Johns Hopkins University

Organizers for the 32nd Annual Meeting are:
- Charles G. Drake, MD, PhD – Columbia University Medical Center
- Susan M. Kaech, PhD – Yale University
- Marcela V. Maus, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Laura S. Wood, RN, MSN, OCN – Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
- Chair: Mario Sznol, MD – Yale School of Medicine
- Charlie Garnett Benson, PhD – Georgia State University
- Elizabeth A. Repasky, PhD – Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Continuing Education Information
This is your friendly reminder that you can earn continuing education credit while at SITC 2017!Jointly provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and SITC, credits are available to physicians, nurses and pharmacists.
Click here to learn more about how to obtain your credit(s.
Presidential Reception & Membership Business Meeting
8 - 9 p.m. / Cherry Blossom Ballroom
Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD - SITC President |
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