2016 JITC Best Paper Award Recipients

The Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (JITC) Best Paper Awards celebrate excellence in scientific research and are awarded to researchers demonstrating leadership in the field as well as innovation and high-quality execution and discussion in their manuscripts. Papers published in the last 12 months authored by Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) members were eligible for nomination for this award.

JITC Best Basic Science Paper

Articles nominated in this category present innovative research in basic medical sciences that have a direct relevance to future research in clinical medicine.

WoodsKatherine.JPGKatherine Woods, PhD
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute

"Mismatch in epitope specificities between IFNγ inflamed and uninflamed conditions leads to escape from T lymphocyte killing in melanoma"
Katherine Woods, Ashley J. Knights, Matthew Anaka, Ralf B. Schittenhelm, Anthony W. Purcell, Andreas Behren and Jonathan Cebon

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2016 4:10



JITC Best Clinical/Translational Paper

Papers in this category present clinical research that has a clear potential to optimize patient care, with particular emphasis on high quality randomized controlled trials, novel combination treatments, therapies, novel diagnostic or prognostic insights and new insights into mechanism of action.

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Zipei Feng
Oregon Health & Science University

Sachin Puri, PhD
MedImmune 

"Multispectral imaging of formalin-fixed tissue predicts ability to generate tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes from melanoma"
Zipei Feng†, Sachin Puri†, Tarsem Moudgil, William Wood, Clifford C. Hoyt, Chichung Wang, Walter J. Urba, Brendan D. Curti, Carlo B. Bifulco and Bernard A. Fox
†Contributed equally

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2015 3:4

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