The American Association for Cancer Research is proud to be based in Philadelphia, the city which is home to more NCI-designated cancer centers than any other city in the United States. Every day, researchers in Philadelphia are working to prevent, treat and cure cancer.
Russel Kaufman, M.D., president and CEO of the Wistar Institute is working with his research team to save lives through science. Today's Wistar researchers are finding ways to prevent cancer with vaccines, detect cancer early through blood tests and design new drugs to target cancer at the molecular level.
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Hallgeir Rui, M.D., Ph.D., professor of cancer biology, works with his team at the Kimmel Cancer Center to understand breast cancer at the molecular level. Rui is focused on finding the best treatment for breast cancer by evaluating an individual's genetic makeup.
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David Weist, Ph.D., works with his team at Fox Chase Cancer Center to turn basic cancer science into advanced cancer medicine. Currently, he studies genes that are essential to blood cell development, which tumors need to survive.
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Tom Curran, Ph.D., deputy scientific director at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, works with other scientists to produce groundbreaking research in pediatric cancer. Thirty years ago, few children survived cancer. Today, almost 80 percent of children survive.
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Craig Thompson, M.D., director of the Abramson Cancer Center works to advance personalized medicine through clinical trials with the goal of turning cancer patients into cancer survivors.
The AACR would like to thank the following institutions and organizations for supporting National Cancer Research Month. If you would like to learn more about how to support National Cancer Research Month, please contact Megan Davies.
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dartmouth-Hitchcok Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Northern California Cancer Center
NYU Langone Medical Center
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Colorado Cancer Center
University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center