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Daniel Drucker awarded 21st AACR-Irving Weinstein Foundation Distinguished Lectureship

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Daniel J. Drucker will be awarded the American Association for Cancer Research 21st AACR-Irving Weinstein Foundation Distinguished Lectureship during the 2025 AACR annual meeting, to be held April 25-30 in Chicago, Illinois. 

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