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Irasema Chavez shares her inspiring story about overcoming stomach cancer and breast cancer in the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024.
Irasema's Story and Video
Irasema Chavez shares her inspiring story about overcoming stomach cancer and breast cancer in the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024.
Irasema's Story and VideoCancer is not a single disease, but rather a collection of diseases all characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells.
Learn MoreA grant supported by individual donors to the AACR is helping Madelyn Espinosa-Cotton, PhD, pursue promising new research on a rare form of sarcoma that strikes teens and young adults.
Read AACR StoriesMore than 41,500 people a year in the U.S. are diagnosed with liver cancer. It’s Liver Cancer Awareness Month. Read about the prevention, screening, and treatment options for this type of cancer.
Learn MoreDoes structural racism affect cancer health disparities? Structural racism and its impact on the biology of cancer was a key topic at the recent AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities.
Read 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 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
Learn Moretherapeutics were approved for new or expanded uses by the FDA from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024
Learn Moremillion cancer survivors in the U.S. are living with, through, and beyond their disease thanks to research
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