Immunotherapy and Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

Immunotherapy and Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

Curtis Crump: “If I’m going down, it won’t be without a fight.”

Curtis Crump: “If I’m going down, it won’t be without a fight.”

Curtis Crump: Credit MD Anderson Cancer Center Curtis Crump has an amazing story to tell.  Given 6 months to live, he refused to accept that prognosis and looked elsewhere. He found a top hospital that directed him to an established clinical trial of immunotherapy. Curtis has a high grade aggressive type of Neuroendocrine Cancer called Neuroendocrine Carcinoma (with a Colon primary).  The immunotherapy has some effect to the point that he was able to have surgery, a treatment option not always available to poorly differentiated Neuroendocrine Carciomas. His story is relevant to many people's experiences across the broad spectrum of…