AACR Annual Meeting 2021: Welcoming a New Class of Global Scholars-in-Training
For a second year in a row, the Global Scholar-in-Training Award (GSITA) program will welcome early-career researchers from around...
AACR Launches 13th Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities
Friday morning, the AACR’s virtual conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved opened against 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...
AACR Annual Meeting 2021: Discovery Science Driving Clinical Breakthroughs
The Opening Ceremony of AACR Annual Meeting 2021 set the stage for a dynamic forum for presenting and sharing...
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...
AACR Initiatives Bolster Diversity, Take Aim at Disparities
Disparities in health care are among the most significant forms of inequality and injustice. In the United States, racial...
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...
AACR Annual Meeting 2023: Five Things You Need to Know
The AACR Annual Meeting 2023 kicks off Friday, April 14, with thousands of cancer researchers from around the world...
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...
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...
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...
AACR Supports World Cancer Research Day
Every September 24, World Cancer Research Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the important role research plays...
AACR Virtual Annual Meeting I: The Opening Session
In an extraordinary turn of events, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2020 kicked off Monday...
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,...
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 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 Stands Ready as Biden Relaunches the Cancer Moonshot
Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc), chief executive officer of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), along with other...
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...
Three AACR Reports Capture the State of Cancer Science and Medicine in 2022
By Kaleem Zaidi, PhDAACR Executive Office The year 2022 marked significant progress against cancer, thanks to advances in cancer...
Personalized Neoantigen Vaccines Boost Progress Against Aggressive Cancers
Researchers at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024 presented the latest findings regarding two personalized neoantigen cancer vaccines.
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...
Editors’ Picks, December 2025: Potent Molecular Glues, Personalized CAR T-cell Therapies, and More
The countdown to the new year is nearly upon us, but no need to count down to the last...
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 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 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...
AACR Shares Mission of World Cancer Day: Ending Disparities
World Cancer Day is February 4, 2023. This annual initiative by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) aims...
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...
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...
What Is a Cancer Vaccine?
Learn about cancer vaccines, including the various types used to treat or prevent cancer, and discover what's on the...
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...