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AACR Pediatric Cancer Progress Report 2025

The AACR released the AACR Pediatric Cancer Progress Report 2025 on December 4, 2025. This first-of-its-kind report highlights how research is transforming outcomes for children and adolescents with cancer. It also underscores the ongoing challenges to future progress against pediatric cancers, including gaps in our knowledge of these rare diseases and persistent disparities, as well as the urgent need for increased federal and private investments, international collaborations, and innovative research approaches to address these challenges.

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Media coverage

See highlights of media coverage featuring the AACR Pediatric Cancer Progress Report 2025.

CBS News Philadelphia Saving kids who have pediatric cancer requires research funding, report says

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The Cancer Letter Pediatric cancer five-year survival rate has increased dramatically, AACR says in inaugural Pediatric Cancer Progress Report

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Healio Inaugural AACR pediatric cancer report details improved survival, but ‘long way to go’

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The ASCO Post AACR Pediatric Cancer Progress Report Highlights Advances Made

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Philly Voice Pediatric cancer treatments are saving kids’ lives, but more research funding is needed to improve them, report says

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Medscape First AACR Pediatric Cancer Report Highlights Gains and Gaps

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