May is National Cancer Research Month
We invite you to partner with the AACR and others to bring awareness to and highlight the importance and impact of cancer research. United by Cancer Research: One Mission. One Voice.
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We invite you to partner with the AACR and others to bring awareness to and highlight the importance and impact of cancer research. United by Cancer Research: One Mission. One Voice.
Join This Global Initiative
Cancer is not a single disease, but rather a collection of diseases all characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells.
Learn MoreOn a new episode of Believe in Progress, we talk with Dr. Ajit Singh—managing director at Artiman Ventures and a trustee of the AACR Foundation—about the technologies and ideas shaping the future of cancer care.
Listen and SubscribeNearly 85,000 people in the United States are expected to be diagnosed with bladder cancer this year. May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month. Learn more about screening and treatment for this type of cancer.
Learn MoreThe AACR Cancer Progress Report highlights research-driven advances against the collection of devastating diseases we call cancer.
Learn MoreResearchers are working to identify and remove barriers faced by rural residents with cancer who tend to have later diagnoses and poorer outcomes.
Read Practical KnowledgeWhether honoring a special person or a special day, a donation to the American Association for Cancer Research has a lasting impact.
Donate NowThe official news website of the AACR Annual Meeting 2025. Stay up to date on the latest developments from the most important cancer meeting in the world.
The AACR Cancer Progress Report 2024 highlights research-driven advances against the collection of often devastating diseases we call cancer.
Learn MoreThe AACR and its more than 58,000 members worldwide are advancing a scientifically bold agenda against the collection of diseases we call cancer.
Learn MoreDr. LoRusso, AACR President 2024-2025, explains that basic cancer research is essential to accelerating advances in cancer science and medicine.
Learn Morepercent decrease of the overall age-adjusted cancer death rate in the U.S. from 1991 to 2021
Learn Moretherapeutics were approved for new or expanded uses by the FDA from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024
Learn Moremillion cancer survivors in the U.S. are living with, through, and beyond their disease thanks to research
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