Precision Immunotherapy Clinic

Cancers We Treat

Our clinic focuses on treating solid-tumor cancers that are among the most difficult to treat, including:

• Breast cancer
• Colon and rectal cancers
• Gynecological cancers such as uterine cancer and ovarian cancer
• Gastric cancers
• Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers such as pancreatic cancer and liver cancer
• Head and neck cancers 
• Lymphoma
• Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs)
• Sarcoma
• Urologic cancers such as prostate cancer and kidney cancer
• Metastatic or advanced cancers of all types

Innovative Immunotherapies Available Through Clinical Trials

UC San Diego Health offers immunotherapy as a standard treatment for several types of metastatic cancer. For patients who may benefit from emerging therapies, our Precision Immunotherapy Clinic provides access to clinical trials and research studies exploring the next generation of immunotherapies. Some of the investigational therapies available include:

Checkpoint inhibitors: Block cancer’s ability to evade immune detection, allowing the immune system to attack tumors

CAR T-cell therapy: Reprograms a patient’s own immune cells to seek out and destroy cancer cells, currently being studied for certain blood cancers

Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy: Expands a patient’s natural immune cells in a lab before reinfusing them to enhance their ability to fight cancer

Cancer Vaccines: Train the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells; available through select trials

Oncolytic Virus Therapy: Uses modified viruses that infect and kill cancer cells while triggering a stronger immune response

Neoantigen-Based Therapies: Personalized treatments that identify unique tumor mutations to develop targeted vaccines or T-cell therapies

Our research-driven approach ensures that patients receive the most advanced treatments before they become widely available.

Are You a Candidate for an Immunotherapy Clinical Trial?

If you have a solid-tumor cancer that is not responding to standard treatment, you may be eligible to participate in an immunotherapy clinical trial.

Call 858-246-5300 to learn more about current research studies.

No referral is necessary, and you do not have to be a UC San Diego Health patient to participate in a clinical trial.