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Experimental Chemotherapy Regimen Shows Promise in Treating Advanced Lung Cancer

August 12, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - A combination of chemotherapy agents that have been tested in other tumor types appears to be a promising alternative to standard...

Nominations Open for 2009 Pezcoller Foundation–AACR International Award for Cancer Research

August 11, 2008

Deadline for Nominations is September 15, 2008 PHILADELPHIA - The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is currently accepting...

Nominations Open for 2009 Landon-AACR Prizes for Scientific Achievement in Cancer Research

August 6, 2008

Deadline for Nominations is August 25, 2008 PHILADELPHIA - The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is currently accepting...

Perceived Discrimination Affects Screening Rates

August 6, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Minority men and women who perceived discrimination from their health care providers were less likely to be screened for colorectal...

Lab Study Shows Methadone Breaks Resistance in Untreatable Forms of Leukemia

August 1, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Researchers in Germany have discovered that methadone, an agent used to break addiction to opioid drugs, has surprising killing...

Immunotherapy in High-Risk Pediatric Sarcomas Shows Promising Response

August 1, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Based on a pilot study in children with sarcoma, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) believe that immunotherapy...

AACR Foundation Appoints Two New Trustees

July 16, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - The Board of Directors of the American Association for Cancer Research recently elected Beverly W. Aisenbrey and Tyler Jacks, Ph.D.,...

Researchers Discover Link between Organ Transplantation and Increased Cancer Risk

July 16, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Researchers have determined a novel mechanism through which organ transplantation often leads to cancer, and their findings suggest...

Stand Up To Cancer: AACR Issues a Call for Ideas to the Cancer Research Community

July 15, 2008

Deadline for Ideas for Translational Cancer Research Projects is August 20, 2008 PHILADELPHIA - As the scientific partner to Stand Up To Cancer...

Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Still Too Low

July 14, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Although colorectal cancer screening tests are proven to reduce colorectal cancer mortality, only about half of U.S. men and women...

AACR Announces New Grant Opportunity for Bladder Cancer Research

July 10, 2008

AACR Seeks Applications for 2008 AACR Henry Shepard Bladder Cancer Research Grants PHILADELPHIA -The American Association for Cancer Research...

Prostate Cancer Vaccines more Effective with Hormone Therapy

July 10, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Among patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, the addition of hormone therapy following vaccine treatment improved...

Researchers Identify Cancer Preventive Properties in Common Dietary Supplement

July 7, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Early laboratory research has shown that resveratrol, a common dietary supplement, suppresses the abnormal cell formation that leads...

AACR CEO Receives Second Honorary Doctorate

July 2, 2008

University of Catania Bestows Honor Upon Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.) PHILADELPHIA - American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Chief...

American Association for Cancer Research Welcomes New Publisher

June 30, 2008

Diane Scott-Lichter Tapped to Oversee AACR's Dynamic Publications Program  PHILADELPHIA - The American Association for Cancer...

Elevated Biomarkers Predict Risk for Prostate Cancer Recurrence

June 26, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - A simple blood test screening for a panel of biomarkers can accurately predict whether a patient who has had prostate cancer surgery...

Faulty DNA Repair could be a Risk Factor for Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers

June 26, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - People who have never smoked but whose cells cannot efficiently repair environmental insults to DNA are at higher risk of developing...

American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting Makes Significant Local Economic Impact

June 26, 2008

SAN DIEGO - Cutting-edge breakthroughs in molecular targeting, translational cancer research and cancer prevention took center stage when 17,437...

$1.8 Million Awarded for Metastatic Colon Cancer Research

June 26, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Through the generous philanthropic support of the Littlefield 2000 Trust, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is...

Nominations Open for New Scientific Achievement Award

June 24, 2008

AACR Seeks Submissions for 2008 Susan G. Komen for the Cure - AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research PHILADELPHIA -The...

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