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,...
Faith and Ingenuity: Bringing the First Oncology Clinical Trial to Trinidad
Researchers share lessons from the first oncology clinical trial in Trinidad, which involved a patient named Faith Hill.
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...
Interfacing with the Future: Artificial Intelligence in Oncology
Researchers discussed AI's impact on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024.
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...
Continuing the Conversation on Cancer Disparities
Highlights from a roundtable featuring cancer survivors and researchers discussing cancer disparities and persistent health inequities.
AACR Dialogues Spark Important Conversations About Cancer
In the ongoing quest to end cancer health disparities, there’s a simple tool that virtually anyone can use: honest...
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...
Alcohol and Cancer Risk: How Much is Too Much?
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced much of the world to shut down, and many days seemed bleak, it was...
Annual Meeting 2022: Advancing Precision Immuno-oncology
“The immuno-oncology revolution is now about 15 years into clinical reality,” said Carl June, MD, FAACR, director of the...
AACR Journal Editors Share “Must Read” Articles for March
While COVID-19 is at the center of medical news, important cancer research findings continue to be reported. As March...
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 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...
CRISPR in the Clinic: T-cell Genetic Engineering for Solid Tumors
Guest post by Emil Lou, MD, PhD On October 7, 2020, the world awoke to news that the Royal...
Disparities Conference Unites Researchers, Patients, and Policymakers
As the 15th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved...
Colonoscopy: A Powerful Tool for Cancer Prevention
Guest post by Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, FAACR The headlines stunned many medical professionals, cancer patients, and colorectal...
New Journal Article Explores Equity in Academia
As the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others exposed racial inequities in America, many sectors of society...
Dr. John D. Carpten: Uncovering Cancer Genetics and Striving to Include Underrepresented Populations in Research
Editor’s note: This story, written by Anna Azvolinsky, first appeared in Leading Discoveries, a magazine and website that raises...
NIH-AACR Cancer, Autoimmunity, and Immunology Conference: A Virtual, Multidisciplinary Forum on Immune-related Adverse Events
By Meghali Goswami Meghali Goswami is a PhD candidate in the George Washington University – National Institutes of Health Graduate Partnerships Program and is currently...
Crystal Mackall: Expanding the Reach of CAR T-cell Therapy
For the sixth time since 2015, researchers, clinicians, drug developers, patient advocates, and other stakeholders convened at the International...
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...
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...
From Dry January to Sober October: Cutting Back on Alcohol
If you toasted 2023 with champagne, then woke up pledging a month of sobriety, you’re not alone. In the...
Advances in Malignant Lymphoma Virtual Meeting: Stratifying Risk, Targeting Precursor Cells, Hacking the Epigenome, and More
Virtual scientific meetings have become the “new normal” in the COVID-19 era, enabling researchers to present and discuss recent...
AACR Virtual Annual Meeting I: The Promises and Challenges of Expanding the Use of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Through Combination Therapy
The cutting-edge scientific program for the AACR Virtual Annual Meeting I began Monday, April 27, with an Opening Clinical Plenary featuring...
AACR Annual Meeting 2023: Clinical Trials of Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines Show Promise
The concept of using vaccination to eradicate cancer by instructing the immune system to eliminate malignant cells has been...
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...
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...
The Past, Present, and Future of HPV: Can Vaccination Help Eliminate Cervical Cancer?
On a web page titled “14 Diseases You Almost Forgot About (Thanks to Vaccines),” the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) remind us that the...
Annual Meeting 2022: Uniting Scientists and Survivors
For more than 20 years, the Scientist↔Survivor Program (SSP) has played a vital role in the American Association for...