Frequently Asked Questions about Charitable Gift Annuities
What is a charitable gift annuity?A charitable gift annuity is a contract between an individual and the AACR Foundation...
Planned Giving For Advisors
If you are advising a client who is considering a planned gift or bequest to the AACR Foundation, we...
Education and Training
Educational workshops and special courses provide early-career investigators with opportunities to develop skills in clinical trial design, integrative epidemiology,...
Professional Development Opportunities
In support of its mission to promote the education and training of cancer scientists and clinicians and to cultivate...
Giving That Provides Income
Make a gift and receive guaranteed income for life! All gifts have a beneficial impact at the American Association...
Experts Forecast Cancer Research and Treatment Advances in 2023
The year 2022 will be remembered as the time when the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic began to...
Highlighting AACR Resources for Cancer Survivors
As we celebrate National Cancer Survivor Month, we are aware how the term survivor can take on many meanings...
Experts Forecast Cancer Research and Treatment Advances in 2022
The year 2021 defied our expectations in a variety of ways. The delta and omicron COVID-19 variants imposed unprecedented...
Closing the Cancer Disparities Gap Broadened by COVID-19
As COVID-19 cases and death rates fall, and in-person activities resume, cancer centers once again fill their beds with...
Early Detection Research Network Marks 20 Years
This month, the Early Detection Research Network (EDRN) marks its 20th anniversary. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) launched the...
Experts Forecast Cancer Research and Treatment Advances in 2016
We asked experts in cancer precision medicine, immunotherapy, and prevention what breakthroughs we might expect to see in 2016...
January Editors’ Picks from AACR Journals
The new year has already ushered in some changes, but one thing stays the same. Each month, we’ll continue to feature the “must read” articles handpicked by the editors...
Editors’ Picks, May 2024: Machine Learning in Cancer Research, the Cost of Smoking, and More
The editors of AACR's journals highlight studies from May, including machine learning, savings from quitting smoking, and more.
AACR Expanding Its Community Outreach
As spring is a time for flowers to bloom, public education at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)...
AACR Annual Meeting 2024: Expanding Access to Cancer Care, Here and Abroad
Researchers around the world are designing and implementing methods to increase access to cancer care in low-resource areas.
“We Have to Be Involved” – A Preview of the AACR Virtual Meeting on COVID-19 and Cancer
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the United States and other parts of the world. To date, 13 million cases have been...
AACR Celebrates 115 Years as the Driving Force to Eradicate Cancer
Washington, D.C., holds a special place in the history of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). In 1907,...
AACR and AACI Collaborate to Advocate for Cancer Research Funding
The effects of the coronavirus pandemic have rippled through the entire cancer community, from individual patients to the world’s...
What Biden’s Presidency Will Mean for Cancer Research
Editor’s note: As President Joseph R. Biden Jr. took office on Wednesday, Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American...
Progress and Promise Against Cancer: A Biden Cancer Community Event
Editor’s note: Progress and Promise Against Cancer is the AACR’s initiative to educate the public about cancer and cancer...
Experts Forecast Cancer Research and Treatment Advances in 2019
In 2018, we witnessed significant momentum in several hot areas of cancer research, including immunotherapy and precision medicine. Researchers...
Cervical Cancer: A Cautionary Tale of Optimism and Challenges
By Cancer Today Staff News stories about efforts to eliminate and prevent cancer often tell the story in broad...
Giving Voice to Pancreatic Cancer Patients
By Steven Grossman, MD, PhD Pancreatic cancer is an outlier among cancers, fiercely resisting almost every scientific advance researchers...
Complexities of Cancer Explained for Patient Benefit
We asked Eric Winer, MD, chief of the Division of Women's Cancers and director of the Breast Oncology Center...
AACR Cancer Health Disparities Conference Kicks Off With Diverse Speakers
Renowned prostate cancer researcher Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD, took the stage at the AACR Conference on the Science of...
Leading Cancer Experts Comment on the Cancer Initiative in the State of the Union Address
Editor’s Note: Several prominent American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) leaders have shared their reactions to President Obama’s Jan....
A Call to Action from the AACR and its Minorities in Cancer Research Membership Group
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and its Minorities in Cancer Research (MICR) membership group today issued a...
Advances in Pancreatic Cancer Research: Q&A With Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, MD, PhD
This week, scientists from around the world will convene in Orlando, Florida, as the AACR hosts a conference titled...
World Cancer Day: The AACR Supports Globalized Cancer Research Throughout the Pandemic
Editor’s note: Thursday, Feb. 4, marks World Cancer Day, an annual initiative led by the Union for International Cancer...
Party with a Purpose Joins AACR to Support Prostate Cancer Research
For the third year running, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has been selected as the beneficiary of...