Leading Discoveries
Dr. Susan Band Horwitz: Decades of Work to Understand One Molecule. Her groundbreaking research to discover the properties of paclitaxel led to an effective cancer treatment.
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Dr. Susan Band Horwitz: Decades of Work to Understand One Molecule. Her groundbreaking research to discover the properties of paclitaxel led to an effective cancer treatment.
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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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Faced with a poor prognosis for their young daughter, Elizabeth Buell-Fleming’s parents were pulled back from the brink by an investigational monoclonal antibody.
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Osteosarcoma usually starts in osteoblasts, a type of bone cell that becomes new bone tissue. This type of cancer is diagnosed in about 450 children and young adults a year in the United States.
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The 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 new issue of Leading Discoveries is now online. This issue features articles on AACR President David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD; Susan Band Horwitz, PhD; and others highlighting AACR-led advances against cancer.
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Achieving the Bold Vision of Health Equity for Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Other Underserved Populations.
Learn MoreThe AACR and our more than 48,000 members worldwide are advancing a scientifically bold agenda against the collection of diseases we call cancer.
Learn MoreIncreasing Awareness of Colorectal Cancer Among Hispanics in Puerto Rico. The AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2020
Learn Moremillion cancer survivors in the U.S. are living with, through, and beyond their disease thanks to research
Learn Morenew therapeutics against cancer were approved by the FDA from August 1, 2019, to July 31, 2020
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