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Alex Hepner: Getting back to planning for his future, thanks to a breakthrough in precision medicine for brain cancer.
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Alex Hepner: Getting back to planning for his future, thanks to a breakthrough in precision medicine for brain cancer.
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Cancer is not a single disease, but rather a collection of diseases all characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells.
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Read the ReportMore than 67,000 people in the United States were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year. November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, learn about the treatment options for this type of cancer.
Learn MoreIn this episode, the AACR talks with Rhett Austell, a stage 4 appendix cancer survivor, father, and advocate, about his journey and the new cancer challenge he now faces.
Listen and SubscribeThe 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 2025 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. Siu, AACR President 2025-2026, discusses the importance of collaboration 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 2023
Learn Moretherapeutics were approved for new or expanded uses by the FDA from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025
Learn Moremillion cancer survivors in the U.S. are living with, through, and beyond their disease thanks to research
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