The AACR acknowledges May as National Cancer Research Month, declared by the United States Congress in 2007 and 2011, in recognition of high quality, innovative cancer research.
How you can help
E-mail Congress
Thanks to recent investments in biomedical research, countless promising cancer research projects are now underway. In these difficult economic times, it is vital to capitalize on the expanded research capacity and advances that have been made over the last few years by ensuring adequate and sustained funding. Show your support now.
Learn how you can volunteer on behalf of the AACR.
Donate to the AACR Foundation for the Prevention and Cure of Cancer
The Foundation accelerates progress in the conquest of cancer by providing financial support for cancer research that has the highest potential for impact. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) endorses the American Association for Cancer Research as a BBB Wise Giving Alliance charity.
Watch this video of AACR President Judy E. Garber, M.D., M.P.H., as she discusses why cancer research is so important.
Learn More
Watch this video to learn why basic science is so important.
- CR Podcasts - Information about people with cancer and news and progress in cancer research
- Read CR magazine, an award-winning magazine about people and progress in cancer research
- Facts About Cancer (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
- AACR Facts & Figures 2011 (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
- The Road After Approval, a CR magazine story by Ingfei Chen - Learning about side effects of cancer drugs is an evolving science, which includes weighing drugs’ risks and benefits, and monitoring for adverse reactions.
- A Friend Indeed, a CR magazine story by Hester Hill Schnipper - When a friend is diagnosed with cancer, it’s hard to figure out the right thing to say or do.
- Cancer Policy Monitor - Read this monthly electronic newsletter to be fully informed about the federal policies that influence cancer research.
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History
The AACR secured resolutions from the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in 2007 to raise awareness of the critical advances in cancer research made by its 33,000 members and cancer researchers worldwide. A new resolution was introduced this year.
These resolutions support the AACR's efforts to facilitate progress and speed translation of new scientific discoveries for the benefit of cancer patients and the 13 million cancer survivors living in America today.
Thank you to the following cancer centers, research institutions, scientific societies, hospitals, advocacy groups and other organizations that support National Cancer Research Month:
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
American Childhood Cancer Organization
American College of Radiology
American Society for Clinical Oncology
American Society of Hematology
American Society of Preventive Oncology
American Society for Radiation Oncology
Association of American Cancer Institutes
Arizona Cancer Center
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Cancer Prevention Institute of California
Cancer Therapy & Research Center, UT Health Science Center San Antonio
Caring for Carcinoid Foundation
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
C-Change
City of Hope
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Duke Cancer Institute
Fight Colorectal Cancer
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Friends of Cancer Research
Genetic Research Institute of the Desert
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hollings Cancer Center
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
International Cancer Advocacy Network
International Myeloma Foundation
Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Lustgarten Foundation
Lung Cancer Foundation of America
Lymphoma Research Foundation
Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Melanoma Research Alliance
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Moffitt Cancer Center
National Brain Tumor Society
National Cancer Institute
National Coalition for Cancer Research
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
North Carolina Central University
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Oncology Nursing Society
OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute
Prostate Cancer Foundation
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
Society of Gynecologic Oncology
Stand Up To Cancer
Stanford Cancer Center
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Advocacy Alliance
The Cancer Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Jackson Laboratory
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The V Foundation for Cancer Research
The Wistar Institute
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
UC Cancer Institute and the Barrett Cancer Center
UC Davis Cancer Center
UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Colorado Cancer Center
University of Florida Shands Cancer Center
University of Hawai'i Cancer Center
University of Illinois at Chicago Cancer Center
University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
UK Markey Cancer Center
University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of New Mexico Cancer Center
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Vermont Cancer Center
Yale Cancer Center
If you would like to support National Cancer Research Month, please e-mail michele.sharp@aacr.org.
Burnham Medical Research Institute
Cancer Therapy & Research Center, UT Health Science Center San Antonio
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hollings Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Penn Abramson Cancer Center
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Vermont Cancer Center
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of New Mexico Cancer Center
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center