PSA’s are a dime a dozen, but we wish there were even MORE!
If you watch TV, you probably watch NCIS. If you watch NCIS, then you know exactly who Mark Harmon is!
Instead of taking down the usual kind of bad guy, he’s in a new public service announcement aimed at increasing awareness about cancer immunotherapy! In other words, the use of one’s own immune system to fight cancer!
Stand Up 2 Cancer and the Cancer Research Institute are behind it, and have just debuted the PSA. Here’s what Mark said:
“Cancer research is extremely important to me.I don’t know anyone who hasn’t been affected by cancer in some way or another. I’m here to highlight the unbelievable work that CRI and SU2C are doing to advance the field of cancer immunology. The research that CRI and SU2C are doing shows us that with the help of immunotherapy, our bodies’ own natural defenses can fight cancer. We’ve all seen people suffer through different kinds of treatments for this disease, but these advances in immunotherapy have the potential to significantly change cancer treatment as we know it. It’s important for people to learn about these discoveries.”
The latest research into immunotherapy treatments is showing significant progress, and aims to train our own immune systems to recognize and kill cancer cells. Two new studies dropped last month at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference that support this!
We’d say that’s worthy of a PSA! Thanks, Mark!
[Image via Step Up 2 Cancer.]
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