Read inspiring stories from survivors benefiting from research-driven advances against cancer, like head and neck cancer survivor Bill McCone of Pennsylvania. April is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month.
Read Bill's StoryCancer is not a single disease, but rather a collection of diseases all characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells.
Learn MoreA career development grant from the AACR helped Yale University cancer scientist Luisa Escobar-Hoyos, MSc, PhD, earn two major, multi-year federal grants to further develop her research.
Read AACR StoriesChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common type of pediatric cancer.
Learn MoreResearchers are seeking clues to the rise in the incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer in the United States. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Learn more on the AACR BlogThe Week in Cancer News: A roundup of significant cancer research news from the past week, selected by the staff of Cancer Today magazine.
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The AACR Cancer Progress Report 2022 provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research-driven advances against the collection of devastating diseases called cancer.
Learn MoreThe AACR and its more than 54,000 members worldwide are advancing a scientifically bold agenda against the collection of diseases we call cancer.
Learn MoreAACR President Lisa M. Coussens, PhD, FAACR, discusses the research-driven advances against cancer and looks to the future of cancer science and medicine.
Learn Moremillion cancer survivors in the U.S. are living with, through, and beyond their disease thanks to research
Learn Morenew therapeutics against cancer were approved by the FDA from August 1, 2020, to July 31, 2021
Learn Morepercent decrease of the overall age-adjusted cancer death rate in the U.S. from 1991 to 2018
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