Patients, Caregivers, and Advocates

Cancer is not a single disease, but rather a collection of diseases all characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells.

Cancer research is driving the development of new and better ways to prevent, detect, diagnose, treat, and cure these often devastating diseases.

Read inspiring stories of cancer survivors who benefited from basic, translational, clinical, and population science research.

Meet cancer researchers, physician-scientists, and other AACR members who are pioneering new approaches to the prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of cancer.

The Survivor and Patient Advocacy Program builds mutually beneficial partnerships among the cancer survivor, patient advocacy, and scientific communities.

The AACR brings together the greatest minds in cancer research to advance a scientifically bold agenda. Through an array of programs and services, the AACR fulfills its mission to prevent and cure all cancers.