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AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024

The AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024 is available. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research on cancer disparities and calls for policies to reduce disparities and achieve cancer health equity.

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May is National Cancer Research Month

Thanks to spectacular research-driven advances, more than 18 million people in the United States and millions more worldwide are cancer survivors living with, through, and beyond their disease.

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AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024

Read the stories of cancer survivors and patients featured in the new AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024.

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Cancer Types

More than 25,000 cases of brain and other nervous system cancers are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. this year. May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month. Learn more about these cancers.

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On the AACR Blog

Get updates on research driven advances in cancer science and medicine including the recent AACR Annual Meeting 2024 in San Diego on the AACR Blog.

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FDA Approvals

Read about recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals of products for cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

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AACR Annual Meeting 2024

Session recordings are available for viewing to registered attendees through July 10. Registration remains open for the on-demand virtual meeting.

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AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024

The AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024 outlines the complex interplay of factors that drive and perpetuate cancer health disparities and calls for a collaborative approach to achieve health equity.

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The AACR: Driving Progress Against Cancer

The AACR and its more than 58,000 members worldwide are advancing a scientifically bold agenda against the collection of diseases we call cancer.

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Robert A. Winn, MD, FAACR

Dr. Winn, chair of the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024 steering committee, discusses the many factors that drive and perpetuate cancer health disparities.

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By the Numbers

33

percent decrease of the overall age-adjusted cancer death rate in the U.S. from 1991 to 2020

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26

therapeutics were approved for new or expanded uses by the FDA from Aug. 1, 2022, to July 31, 2023

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18

million cancer survivors in the U.S. are living with, through, and beyond their disease thanks to research

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4 in 10

cancer diagnoses in the United States are associated with preventable risk factors

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For more statistics on cancer, please visit our Cancer Progress ReportRead the AACR Cancer Progress Report