The Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania is perched on the front lines in a turning point on the war on cancer, with an upfront view of the action. Thanks to one doctor’s extraordinary efforts, Lehigh Valley Hospital was one of eight sites nationally selected to participate in a clinical trial testing the effectiveness of combining two new immunotherapy drugs, nivolumab and ipilimumab. The trial would save the lives of a number of local cancer patients.
Sam began reporting on the project nine months before publication. During that time, one of the patients he was following died.
The project included a sidebar, a glossary, photo galleries and, significantly, videos in which the researchers, doctors and patients shared their stories in their own words. Central to the project was a special Web presentation packaging these diverse elements for the online reader. Please see: http://mcallcommunity.com/cancer/