AACR Annual Meeting 2019: Leaders Share Highlights and Future Direction
One of the world’s largest cancer research conferences, the AACR Annual Meeting 2019, came to an end with a...
Mastering the Clinical Development of Personalized Cancer Medicines
A string of innovative clinical trials designed to accelerate the pace at which personalized cancer medicines are developed have...
Public Policy and Advocacy in Cancer Research: An Associate Member Guest Post
April symbolizes a progressive time for cancer researchers around the world. From April 1-5, over 20,000 cancer scientists will...
Putting Patients at the Center of Cancer Health Disparities Research
As the virtual 14th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved got underway...
Rethinking DCIS: A Conversation with Dr. Kornelia Polyak
Sometimes referred to as stage 0 breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a noninvasive growth of abnormal...
July Editors’ Picks from AACR Journals
As a monthly staple on this blog, we feature the editors’ picks from the 10 journal issues published by...
New AACR Partnership Supports BIG Cat Grants for Young Investigators in Africa
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is proud to announce a new collaboration with a grants program aimed at...
Setting the Stage for New Cancer Therapeutics Through Basic Cancer Research
Hugh Gannon, PhD, a recipient of the 2013 Anna D. Barker Fellowship in Basic Cancer Research, is studying p53's...
December Editors’ Picks from AACR Journals
As the year winds down, here’s our final edition of Editors’ Picks for 2019. This regular feature highlights one...
AACR Disparities Meeting: The Impact of Structural Racism on Breast Cancer Outcomes
Due to advances in screening and treatment, the survival rate for patients with breast cancer has increased in recent decades. However, this progress...
Q&A With Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD, on Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Advancements
Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD, co-chair of the AACR's special conference "Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy: A New Chapter," discusses what...
Geriatric Oncology: Cancer Care Coming of Age?
Guest Post by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD Editor-in-Chief, Cancer Today Slightly more than 57 million people were 60...
Expanding Global Access to Cervical Cancer Prevention, Screening, and Treatment
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Here's the latest on prevention, screening, and treatment.
AACR Annual Meeting 2021: NCI Director Ned Sharpless Outlines Blueprint for Progress
With President Joseph R. Biden in the White House, the United States may be poised to make a major...
AACR Virtual Annual Meeting II: Panel Discusses Racism and Racial Inequities in Cancer Research
As a scientific organization focused on preventing and curing all cancers, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) embraces...
Harnessing the Immune System to Treat Pancreatic Cancer
Eric R. Lutz, PhD, a recipient of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Career Development Award, studies the development of...
Learning From the Patient in a “Bedside-To-Bench” Approach to Cancer Research
Bladder cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the United States, predominantly affecting men in the later decades...
May is National Cancer Research Month
May is National Cancer Research Month, during which the American Association for Cancer Research partners with advocacy groups, cancer...
Ending Cancer Health Disparities Through Increased Collaboration
Despite tremendous progress against cancer in the past few decades, not all Americans have benefited equally from advances in...
Lending Their Voices to the Call for Cancer Research Funding
Each year, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) holds Early-career Hill Day, bringing a group of AACR Associate...
Dispelling Myths About Prostate Cancer in Black Communities
A poster at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024 examined a video that increased awareness of prostate cancer.
Meet the New Editor-in-Chief of Cancer Research, Chi Van Dang, MD, PhD
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) recently appointed Chi Van Dang, MD, PhD, as the new editor-in-chief of...
A Family Affair: Breast Cancer Prevention for Mothers, Daughters, and Women of All Ages
Guest Post by Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School...
AACR Grants Program Funds Diverse Range of Cancer Research
Since its inception in 1993, the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Grants Program, in partnership with other nonprofit...
AACR Virtual Annual Meeting II: Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence Fuel New Cancer Discoveries and Ideas
“Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries, and new ideas— probably in that order,” said the late Nobel Laureate...
What Are You Doing for World Cancer Day 2015?
Wednesday is World Cancer Day. This international initiative of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) takes place every...
AACR Releases Groundbreaking Report on COVID-19 and Cancer
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a devastating toll, with 5.8 million deaths worldwide, including nearly 1 million in the...
SABCS 2016: World’s Largest Breast Cancer Meeting Draws to a Close
Attendees gathered firsthand information on all things breast cancer during the five-day San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, which showcased...
AACR Annual Meeting 2018: The Biden Cancer Initiative Colloquium
This post originally appeared on the Cancer Today website. Roads and roadblocks, both literal and metaphorical, figured into a...
A Call to Action: Increasing HPV Vaccination Rates to Prevent Cancer
The AACR strongly aligns with all 69 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated centers, which jointly issued a call to action...