A round-up of the latest news from the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting. Symposiums UCLA: Dr Zev Wainberg, Co-Director of the UCLA Health GI Oncology Program, presented results from pilot study led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators, which suggests that for… Read More
The American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting launched on Sunday 7 April in San Diego with an Opening Plenary Session showcasing cutting-edge technological advances opening new frontiers in cancer science. The session ‘Inspiring Science, Fueling Progress, Revolutionizing Care’ featured a distinguished panel of cancer… Read More
Findings from Cardiff Oncology’s Phase Ib portion of the Phase Ib/II study for the second-line treatment of patients with KRAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) have been published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. The publication underscores the safety… Read More
The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), an SABCS cosponsor, will award two researchers for their significant contributions to breast cancer research at SABCS 2023, 5-9 December, at the Henry B González Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. 2023… Read More
On 13 September 2023, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) released the AACR Cancer Progress Report 2023: Advancing the Frontiers of Cancer Science and Medicine. This report chronicles how basic, translational, clinical cancer research, and cancer-related population sciences — supported by federal investments in the National… Read More
DDW’s Megan Thomas provides highlights from AACR 2023, the American Association of Cancer Research’s annual meeting from 14-19 April 2023 in Orlando, Florida, US. Meet the incoming AACR President Having said goodbye and thank you to Dr Lisa Coussens, AACR President for 2022-2023, Dr Philip… Read More
Postdoctoral and clinical fellows are invited to apply for the AACR-Lung Cancer Initiative at Johnson & Johnson Stimulating Therapeutic Advances through Research Training (START) Grant by June 21, 2023. This three-year, $225,000 grant will provide the opportunity for training and research in both academia and industry,… Read More
DDW’s Megan Thomas rounds up highlights from Tuesday 17 April at AACR 2023, from AI and mathematical oncology to winners of the AACR James S Ewing-Thelma B Dunn Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pathology in Cancer Research. Clinical announcements Promising results for olaparib plus ceralasertib Today, results from the Phase… Read More
DDW’s Megan Thomas rounds up highlights from Monday 16 April at AACR 2023, from promising trial results for colorectal cancer patients to updates on Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative. Clinical announcements Data on colorectal cancer patients with African ancestry Today, data presented at the AACR Annual Meeting showed that genomic… Read More
DDW’s Megan Thomas rounds up highlights from Sunday 16 April at AACR 2023, from promising trial results for a personalised mRNA-based cancer vaccine to winners of lifetime achievement awards. Opening plenary session Sunday’s opening plenary session borrowed its name from the Annual Meeting theme, “Advancing the Frontiers of Cancer Science… Read More
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will honour the following cancer researchers, physician-scientists, advocates, and journalists during its annual meeting to be held April 14-19 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Carl H June, MD, FAACR – Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research June, a Fellow of… Read More
Ahead of attending the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting from 14-19 April, 2023 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, DDW’s Megan Thomas outlines what to expect from the event. Programme highlights The topic tracks include everything from clinical trials,… Read More
