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Jennifer Ficko was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in 2010. Today, she is cancer free, thanks to a clinical trial evaluating an immunotherapeutic that used her own immune cells against her cancer.
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Jennifer Ficko was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in 2010. Today, she is cancer free, thanks to a clinical trial evaluating an immunotherapeutic that used her own immune cells against her 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.
Learn MoreUnited by Cancer Research: Join with AACR and others to bring awareness to and highlight the importance and impact of cancer research.
Learn MoreSome 112,000 people in the U.S. are expected to be diagnosed with melanoma this year. May is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Learn more about the prevention, screening, and treatment options.
Learn MoreThe inaugural AACR Pediatric Cancer Progress Report highlights research-driven advances in the prevention, detection, and treatment of childhood cancers.
Read the ReportThe 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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Donate NowThe official news website of the AACR Annual Meeting 2026. Stay up to date on the latest developments from the world’s premier cancer research event.
The AACR Pediatric Cancer Progress Report 2025 highlights the remarkable progress against childhood cancers driven by discoveries across the basic, translational, clinical, and population sciences.
Learn MoreThe AACR and its more than 61,000 members worldwide are advancing a scientifically bold agenda against the collection of diseases we call cancer.
Learn MoreThe AACR Cancer Progress Report 2025 highlights research-driven advances against the collection of often devastating diseases we call cancer.
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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