Four in 10 cancers diagnosed each year in the United States are related to potentially preventable causes. Learn about cancer risk reduction and prevention in the new AACR Cancer Progress Report 2024.
Read the ReportCancer is not a single disease, but rather a collection of diseases all characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells.
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The AACR Cancer Progress Report 2024 highlights research-driven advances against the collection of often devastating diseases we call cancer.
Learn MoreThe AACR and its more than 58,000 members worldwide are advancing a scientifically bold agenda against the collection of diseases we call cancer.
Learn MoreDr. LoRusso, AACR President 2024-2025, explains that basic cancer research is essential to accelerating advances in cancer science and medicine.
Learn Morepercent decrease of the overall age-adjusted cancer death rate in the U.S. from 1991 to 2021
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Learn Moremillion cancer survivors in the U.S. are living with, through, and beyond their disease thanks to research
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