PSWG Charter

Mission and Purposes  The mission of the AACR Population Sciences Working Group (PSWG) is to foster and strengthen team-based, transdisciplinary research to...

TME Charter

Mission and Purposes The mission of the Tumor Microenvironment Working Group is to provide an ongoing forum for the scholarly discussion of...

Cancer Policy Monitor: October 2019

Cancer Policy Monitor Oct. 8, 2019 Appropriations Update from Capitol Hill The AACR Supports the Trump Administration’s Move to...

AACR Stories Index

Dialogue: Children’s Perspective on a Parent’s Diagnosis

A dialogue between two young adults who dealt with a sensitive issue no child wants to go through. Katie...

Advocacy Dictionary

In being an advocate, you will run across numerous, and sometimes, unfamiliar legislative terms.  To help advocates, AACR has...

Previous AACR Meetings: 2007

Where available, links to the meeting program, abstract titles, or online abstracts are provided below each listing. Please contact...

Research Highlights

AACR has been the Scientific Partner of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) since 2008. It supports the scientific oversight, expert peer review and...

SU2C-Lustgarten Foundation Pancreatic Cancer Interception Dream Team: Intercepting Pancreatic Cancer in High-Risk Cohorts

Research Seminal studies by members of the Dream Team have helped define clinical subsets who are at higher risk...

Cancer Policy Monitor: August 8, 2023

Appropriations Update from Capitol Hill  -Blake Rostine  With the release of President Biden’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request...

Electronic Cigarettes: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

On May 14, 2015, the AACR in cooperation with Representative Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sponsored...

Media Coverage Archive

See the archive of news covering the AACR’s scientific meetings, journals, and programs; policy and advocacy work; and philanthropic...

Cancer Policy Monitor: December 8, 2020

AACR President Discusses Positive Effects of Biden-Harris Administration for Cancer Research Appropriations Update from Capitol Hill 2020 Election Recap...

Cancer Policy Monitor: June 2019

Cancer Policy Monitor – June 11, 2019 RSVP Today for AACR June 12 E-cigarette Briefing AACR and Partners to...

CPWG Charter

Mission and Purposes The mission of the AACR Cancer Prevention Working Group (CPWG) is to spotlight and strengthen awareness of cancer prevention as an essential mechanism in...

PCWG Charter

Mission and Purposes The mission of the Pediatric Cancer Working Group (PCWG) is to establish childhood cancer research as...

CICR Charter

Mission and Purposes The mission of the Chemistry in Cancer Research Working Group (CICR) is to promote the future...

CIMM Charter

Mission and Purposes The mission of the AACR Cancer Immunology Working Group is to provide an ongoing forum for...

Workplace Giving / Corporate Matching Gifts

To ensure your dollars have maximum impact, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is a proud charity partner...

AACR Financial Conflict of Interest Policy for U.S. Public Health Service-Supported Programs

Additional information on 42 CFR Part 50, Subpart F (Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for which...

AACR Stands Against Racial Discrimination and Inequality

September 14, 2020 Eliminating Racism and Racial Inequities in Cancer Research:A Call to Action from the American Association for...

Cancer Policy Monitor: September 12, 2023

TODAY: AACR Patient Advocate Forum – What’s Next for Drug Development and Discovery The next decade promises to be...

AACR-Novocure Tumor Treating Fields Research Grants

The AACR-Novocure Tumor Treating Fields Research Grants represent a joint effort to promote and support innovative research focused on...

Regulatory Science and Policy Positions and Documents

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