The Fuzzy Factor: Striving to Protect Patient Privacy in Big Data Sets
A major objective of former Vice President Joe Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative is breaking down silos and sharing...
Vemurafenib Becomes First FDA-approved Treatment for a Rare Type of Blood Cancer
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the molecularly targeted therapeutic vemurafenib (Zelboraf) for treating certain adults...
Experts Forecast Cancer Research and Treatment Advances in 2018
This past year has been a year of many “firsts” for the oncology community, with several revolutionary advances in...
Experts Forecast Cancer Research and Treatment Advances in 2019
In 2018, we witnessed significant momentum in several hot areas of cancer research, including immunotherapy and precision medicine. Researchers...
How Can We Use Technology to Advance Population Science Research?
There has been a rapid expansion of technology in recent years, from artificial intelligence to intensive genetic sequencing to...
AACR Annual Meeting 2019: Patients as Partners in the Research Process
In the past couple of decades, progress against cancer has created a new generation of survivors. Today, more than...
2019 in Review: Progress Across Many Areas of Cancer Research
In 2019, research continued to drive progress across the spectrum of cancer care in the form of new and...
AACR Virtual Annual Meeting I: A User’s Guide
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe this spring, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) launched a major...
AACR Virtual Annual Meeting I: The Opening Session
In an extraordinary turn of events, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2020 kicked off Monday...
AACR Virtual Annual Meeting I: A Roundup of Cancer Research Catalyst Posts
Just over a month ago, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) held the first portion of its Annual...
AACR Annual Meeting 2021: A Recap of Blog Posts
The AACR Annual Meeting 2021 featured the theme “Discovery Science Driving Clinical Breakthroughs.” Indeed, over the course of two weeks,...
A Discussion with Cancer Discovery’s Editors-in-Chief
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Cancer Discovery, a journal of the AACR. To celebrate the anniversary, Cancer Discovery published a special anniversary issue, featured spotlights on groundbreaking articles on its website, and held the Cancer Discovery ...
AACR Announces Call for Abstracts for AACR Annual Meeting 2022
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the AACR Annual...
Is Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Ready for Prime Time?
Next-generation genome analysis technologies allow for the sequencing of multiple genes at once to characterize the mutational profile of...
Annual Meeting 2022: Opening Plenary Showcases Cutting-edge Scientific Program
Progress against cancer has been fueled not by a single discipline or a sole blockbuster discovery, but by incremental...
AACR Report Shines Light on Cancer Health Disparities
At the age of 40, Marlena Murphy was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive subtype that occurs twice...
ICYMI: A Recap of Blog Posts From AACR Annual Meeting 2022
From a joyous opening performance from the Preservation Hall All-Stars to a closing plenary that highlighted the full spectrum...
Addressing the Promise and Challenges of Big Data
Guest post by Hisham Hamadeh, PhD, and Shawn M. Sweeney, PhD Imagine a world where many of the decisions...
AACR-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics Keynotes Highlight Basic and Clinical Research
Cancers are driven by unique genetic alterations, so what if we targeted these alterations to treat the cancer? It seems...
Cancer Disparities: The Gaps and Encouraging Progress
Insights from the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024.
Record Year for AACR Annual Meeting 2024: Summary of Cutting-Edge Science and More!
A recap of the plenary sessions, cutting-edge science, clinical trials, and more covered by the AACR blog.
Empowering Scholars Worldwide: Celebrating the First Anniversary of the Global Scholar Alumni Committee
The Global Scholar Alumni Committee reflects on their progress after the first year in helping the careers of young...