What is Cancer Precision Medicine? Research has powered an explosion in our understanding of the biology of cancer genomics and is leading to tailored treatments for patients.
Read the ReportCancer is not a single disease, but rather a collection of diseases all characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells.
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Join This Global InitiativeNearly 25,000 cases of brain and other nervous system cancers are expected to be diagnosed in the United States this year. May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month. Learn more about these cancers.
Learn MoreJennifer 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.
Learn MoreThe report highlights the AACR’s impact on the cancer community during the past year while advancing our mission to prevent and cure all cancers.
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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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