AACR Annual Meeting 2023: Closing Plenary Highlights Research Breakthroughs and Next Steps
“Where is the field of cancer research going?” posed Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, as he welcomed attendees to “AACR...
NIH-AACR Cancer, Autoimmunity, and Immunology Conference: Virtual Presentations Highlight Advances in Managing Adverse Events
“These are extraordinary times,” began Hugh Auchincloss, MD, as he opened up the recent NIH-AACR Cancer, Autoimmunity, and Immunology...
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...
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...
An Interview with Carl June, MD, a Pioneer in CAR T-cell Therapy
In 2012, Carl June, MD, a pioneer in the development of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, helped treat Emily Whitehead, the...
Screening Plays a Crucial Role in Cancer Prevention Efforts
Putting off a routine medical examination for a few months might seem, to many, as routine as the examination...
Engaging Industry Partners to Strengthen Diversity in Cancer Research
Throughout his career as a cancer researcher, Robert A. Winn, MD, has seen a familiar pattern in progress. Each...
AACR Virtual Annual Meeting I: A User’s Guide
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe this spring, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) launched a major...
Annual Meeting 2022: Welcome to New Orleans
Excitement and emotion ran high Sunday morning as Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc), chief executive officer of the American...
AACR Will Build on Productive Relationship With President Biden to Advance Cancer Research
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and its 47,000 member scientists and physicians are unified in a strong desire...
World Cancer Day and the AACR: Taking Aim at Disparities
In the United States, advances in cancer research have dramatically improved outcomes for children diagnosed with cancer. While pediatric...
ICYMI: A Recap of Blog Posts From AACR Annual Meeting 2022
From a joyous opening performance from the Preservation Hall All-Stars to a closing plenary that highlighted the full spectrum...
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...
AACR Announces Call for Abstracts for AACR Annual Meeting 2022
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the AACR Annual...
AACR Conference Examines Cancer Disparities in the LGBTQ Population
Members of the LGBTQ community face staggering rates of discrimination in the United States. According to data from the...
Editors’ Picks: December Highlights from AACR Journals
We’re closing out 2021 on the blog with Editors’ Picks, our monthly staple featuring articles handpicked by the editors of the AACR...
Editors’ Picks: January Highlights from AACR Journals
To kick off the new year, the editors of the 10 AACR journals highlighted two phase I clinical trials,...
AACR Past President Leads Important Conversations on Screening, Prevention
Monday afternoon, First Lady Jill Biden visited the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center as part...
AACR Annual Meeting 2021: Week 2 Begins Monday
Week 2 of the AACR Annual Meeting 2021 kicks off Monday and will run through Friday, May 21. The first week...
ASCO-AACR Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Workshop Explores Best Practices in Clinical Trial Design
Clinical trials are a crucial part of the cancer research continuum, providing a testing ground for the safety and...
AACR Philadelphia Marathon Makes a Triumphant Return
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How to Effectively Reach People with Your Science?
A session at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024 offered advice on better ways to communicate science to the public....
AACR Forum on Brain Cancer Highlights A Glimmer of Progress and Calls for Further Collaboration
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was dominating the headlines, but CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski was happy at home. He...
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...
Starting the Conversation: Panel Discusses National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week
Karriem Watson is a public health expert serving as chief engagement officer of the National Institutes of Health’s All...
AACR Releases Cancer Progress Report 2021
On Wednesday, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) released its annual Cancer Progress Report. Now in its 11th year, the report details advances in the cancer research...
Turning Cancer Disparities Research Into Action
In 2008, Robin Evans received a devastating diagnosis: stage 4 metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. This subtype of breast cancer,...
How Community Outreach Can Increase Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening in Underserved Populations
Like most cancers, colorectal cancer (CRC) is easier to treat before it spreads to other organs. When caught in its earliest stages, the five-year relative...
AACR Meetings Feature Latest Advances in Blood Cancer Research
Cancers of the blood can initiate in a variety of cells, including in white blood cells (giving rise to lymphoma and leukemia) or in plasma cells...
AACR and ASCO Call for a Prohibition on Flavored E-Cigarettes
By Nicholas Warren, PhD Today, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology...