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Dr. Patricia LoRusso: Translating Personal Tragedy Into the Search for New Cancer Therapeutics
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Both of Dr. Patricia LoRusso’s parents 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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Marrying Cancer Genomics with Immunotherapy
Marrying Cancer Genomics with Immunotherapy

“It worked better than our wildest dreams,” Dr. Luis Diaz said of a therapeutic approach that uses a tumor biomarker to identify patients likely to respond to immunotherapy.

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Researching Liquid Biopsy in Cancer Care

Research presented at the AACR Annual Meeting highlights the great potential of liquid biopsy to benefit patients across the continuum of cancer care.

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A Family Confronts COVID and Cancer 
A Family Confronts COVID and Cancer 

For Rachel Orth and her family, the devastation of a diagnosis of metastatic stomach cancer was compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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How the Tumor Microenvironment Supports or Stifles Cancer Growth
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Ashani Weeraratna, PhD, and Ekrem Emrah Er, PhD, explain how a tumor’s surroundings direct its growth and progression, and research presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2022 shows how scientists can manipulate those surroundings to treat 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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Karen Peterson: Taking Patient Advocacy for Cancer Clinical Trials to a New LevelTriple-negative breast cancer survivor Karen Peterson shares a journey of empowerment, survival, and giving back to encourage people of color to participate in cancer clinical trials.

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