A postdoctoral fellowship grant from the AACR helped propel Dr. Marco Ruella's research to improve immunotherapy for patients whose disease evaded prior treatment or relapsed.
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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.
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