When Bella's rare cancer spread to her lungs, her mother and oncologists turned to a cancer immunotherapy clinical trial to control the disease.
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Learn MoreThe Week in Cancer News: A roundup of significant cancer research news from the past week, selected by the staff of Cancer Today magazine.
Learn MoreWhether honoring a special person or a special day, a donation to the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has a lasting impact.
Donate NowHotel reservations for the AACR Annual Meeting 2024 are now open. The deadline is Friday, February 23, 2024.
The AACR Cancer Progress Report 2023 provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research-driven advances against the collection of devastating diseases called cancer.
Learn MoreThe AACR and its more than 54,000 members worldwide are advancing a scientifically bold agenda against the collection of diseases we call cancer.
Learn MoreA new wave of research-driven discoveries and technological innovations are delivering – and will propel additional – transformative advances to save more lives from cancer..
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Learn Moremillion cancer survivors in the U.S. are living with, through, and beyond their disease thanks to research
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