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A postdoctoral fellowship grant from the AACR helped propel Dr. Marco Ruella's research to improve immunotherapy for patients whose disease evaded prior treatment or relapsed.
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A postdoctoral fellowship grant from the AACR helped propel Dr. Marco Ruella's research to improve immunotherapy for patients whose disease evaded prior treatment or relapsed.
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Cancer is not a single disease, but rather a collection of diseases all characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells.
Learn MoreFor Alejandro Mirazo, participation in a study looking at genetic risks for disease may have been lifesaving. The study identified his Lynch syndrome, and a follow-up colonoscopy led to a diagnosis of colon cancer.
Read Alejandro’s StoryNearly 153,000 people in the U.S. were diagnosed with colorectal cancer last year. Read about the prevention, screening, and treatment options for this type of cancer.
Learn MoreMeet The CheckPoints: A Band of Researchers and Oncologists Giving Cancer Treble
Read the AACR BlogRead about recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals of products for cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
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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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