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...
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...
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,...
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...