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Bringing Cervical Cancer Treatment to More Women
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Chemtai Mungo is researching an innovative self-treatment strategy for cervical precancer could save lives of women in underserved areas.

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Researching Ways to Intercept Cancer at Its Earliest Stages

Christina Curtis, PhD, MSc, has found tumors are “born to be bad,” with metastatic potential present from the start, spreading when the original malignancy is the size of a poppy seed.

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A New Era of Targeting KRAS
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Cancer Researchers discuss progress in targeting a so-called “undruggable protein at American Association for Cancer Research meetings.

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AACR Grantee Studies a Rare Form of Sarcoma

Small donations to the American Association for Cancer Research add up to big support for promising new research on a rare type of cancer that strikes teenagers and young adults.

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Translating Personal Tragedy Into the Search for New Cancer Therapeutics
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Dr. Patricia LoRusso’s parents both died of cancer when she was a teenager, inspiring her to become an oncologist and focus on developing new treatments for people with cancer.

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Five Decades of Progress Against Lung CancerThe AACR Cancer Progress Report 2021 highlights the enormous strides in cancer research and treatment since the National Cancer Act of 1971 was signed into law.

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Utilizing AACR Project GENIE to Research Cancer DisparitiesAn early-career investigator uses GENIE data to examine genomic differences in early-onset colorectal cancer among different racial groups.

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