Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Career Development Awards for Pancreatic Cancer Research
The Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Career Development Award for Pancreatic Cancer Research, in Honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, represents a joint effort to...
Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Career Development Awards for Pancreatic Cancer Research, in Honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Robert Lewis
Each year, more than 45,000 American lives are lost to pancreatic cancer—now the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths,...
Landmarks in Cancer Research: 2011-Present
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National Postdoc Appreciation Week
Recognizing the 16th Annual National Postdoc Appreciation Week In honor of the 16th Annual National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW),...
AACR-Bayer Stimulating Therapeutic Advances through Research Training (START) Grants
The AACR-Bayer Stimulating Therapeutic Advances through Research Training (START) Grants represent an exciting initiative to encourage and support collaboration...
Cancer Policy Monitor: December 10, 2024
Appropriations Update -Matt Gontarchick Negotiations remain underway on Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 appropriations in the wake of the 2024...
Scientific Review Committees
Research funding scientific review committees serve in the significant role of selecting recipients of AACR’s research grants for independent...
Diversifying the Workforce: The Lustgarten Foundation and AACR Offer Career Development Award for Underrepresented Researchers
Racial/ethnic inequities in cancer are well documented. Not only are Black Americans more likely to die of cancer than white Americans, but Black and Hispanic individuals are...
2025 AACR Journal Awards Highlight Broad Scope of Oncology-advancing Research
The 2025 AACR Journal Awards recognized outstanding researchers whose studies made in a significant impact in their respective domains.
On the Road to Better Pancreatic Cancer Treatments
Costas Lyssiotis, PhD, a 2013 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Pathway to Leadership Grant recipient, is conducting research to understand...
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...
AACR Grant Supports Glioblastoma Research
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer. Less than 5 percent of patients diagnosed with this cancer type...
Daily Takeaways From the AACR Annual Meeting 2025: Sunday, April 27
Takeaways from day three of the AACR Annual Meeting 2025 included the inspiring Opening Ceremony, a panel on cancer...
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...
World Cancer Day 2025: How the AACR Is United by Unique
As World Cancer Day 2025 focuses on being "United by Unique," AACR shares how its initiatives help to connect...
Party With a Purpose 2025 Marks Progress Against Melanoma
This year, Party with a Purpose honors melanoma researchers Lynn Schuchter and Alexander Huang, and humanitarian honoree Patricia Wellenbach.
Program
Please note that this special conference will take place as an in-person event in Boston and will not live-stream...
The Lustgarten Foundation and the AACR Honor Two American Icons Lost to Pancreatic Cancer with New Career Development Awards for Researchers
The Lustgarten Foundation and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) have established two new career development awards for...
AACR Recognizes 2023-2024 Research Grantees
PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today announced its newest class of grant recipients. Since 1993, the AACR...
American Association for Cancer Research Recognizes 2021-2022 Research Grantees
PHILADELPHIA – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is proud to announce its newest class of grant recipients....
AACR Announces 2025 Scientific Achievement Award Recipients
Awardees to be recognized at the AACR Annual Meeting 2025 in Chicago CHICAGO – The American Association for Cancer...
AACR to Recognize Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR, with 2023 AACR-Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research
PHILADELPHIA – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will honor Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, Fellow of the AACR...
American Association for Cancer Research Recognizes 2022-2023 Research Grantees
PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is proud to announce its newest class of grant recipients. Since 1993,...
American Association for Cancer Research Recognizes New 2020-2021 Research Grantees
PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is proud to announce its newest class of grant recipients....
Daniel D. Von Hoff, MD, FACP, FASCO, FAACR, To Receive Inaugural AACR Scientific Achievement Award Established in His Honor
PHILADELPHIA – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) announced today that Daniel D. Von Hoff, MD, FACP, FASCO,...
Certain Genetic Alterations May Contribute to the Primary Resistance of Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancers to KRAS G12C Inhibitors
PHILADELPHIA – Colorectal cancer and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma that harbored the KRAS G12C mutation often carried other genetic alterations...
Tony Hunter, PhD, FAACR, Honored with 2022 AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research
PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today announced that Tony Hunter, PhD, Fellow of the AACR...
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, Elected American Association for Cancer Research President-Elect for 2020-2021
PHILADELPHIA — The members of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) have elected David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD,...
American Association for Cancer Research Inaugurates New Leadership at Virtual AACR Annual Business Meeting of Members 2021
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR, inaugurated as President PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) welcomes...
American Association for Cancer Research Announces Distinguished Public Service Award Recipients
PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will present Distinguished Public Service Awards to four people whose...