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Illuminating metabolism: A pioneering approach to combat pancreatic cancer

Costas Lyssiotis, PhD, received the 2013 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Pathway to Leadership Grant, 2016 AACR-Bayer Innovation and Discovery Award, and 2017 AACR NextGen Grant for Transformative Cancer Research. Dr. Lyssiotis shares how these three AACR grants helped him and his team discover several mechanisms by which metabolites support tumor growth, immune evasion, and resistance to therapy in pancreatic cancer.

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Two Hits are Better than One: Combating Relapse in B-ALL

Marco Ruella, MD, received the AACR-Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology Fellowship in Clinical Cancer Research in 2015. Dr. Ruella shared how an AACR Fellowship helped lay the foundation for dual CAR T-cell therapy.

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A Predoctoral Fellow Shares His Journey to Target the “Undruggable”

Raymond E. Moellering, PhD, a recipient of the 2008 AACR Centennial Predoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Research, shared how the grant given to him by the AACR as a doctoral candidate encouraged him to work at the interface of chemistry, biology, and cancer.

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Cancer Knows No Bounds, and Neither Should Equitable Cancer Research or Treatment

Yuanyuan Fu, PhD, discussed the impact of receiving the 2022 AACR-Merck Cancer Disparities Fellowship on her career and research on colorectal cancer disparities in Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders.

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NCI Director Shares Impact of AACR Grants on Her Research and Career

W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, formerly of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and now director of the National Cancer Institute, shares the impact on her career and her research of two AACR-supported research grants that she received during her academic career.

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Celebrating 30 Years of Impact Across the Globe

As we continue our celebration of 30 years of impact of the AACR Research Grants Program, we share how recipient of a 2022 Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers Career Development Award, in partnership with Pelotonia and the AACR, Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH is seeking to make a difference in the lives of women from low and middle-income countries.

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Celebrating 30 Years of Impact: From AACR Grant to AACR Award

As we continue our celebration of 30 years of impact of the AACR Research Grants Program, we feature recipient of the 2022 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer Research, Dr. Christina Curtis. Dr. Curtis shares the impact of her AACR Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) Foundation / Carol’s Crusade for a Cure Foundation Career Development Award on her research.

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Eddy Yang: Doubling Down against Triple Negative Breast Cancer

A career development award from the AACR enabled Eddy Yang, MD, PhD, to investigate combinations of targeted treatments in triple negative breast cancer. Now the chair of radiation medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Dr. Yang shares how the grant came at a pivotal time in his career.

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June M. Chan on Surviving Prostate Cancer: Get Up and Move

AACR grant recipient June M. Chan, ScD, has studied how diet and exercise, among other factors, contribute to progression in prostate cancer.

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Leveraging TTFields for Residual Glioblastoma Disease

Sara G.M. Piccirillo, PhD, was inspired to study glioblastoma whilst an undergraduate student at the National Carlo Besta Neurological Institute in her hometown of Milan, Italy. Now an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Dr. Piccirillo, was awarded the AACR-Novocure Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) Research Grant in 2021 to investigate the impact of TTFields on residual glioblastoma disease.

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