The American Association for Cancer Research’s Project GENIE (Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange), the world’s largest publicly accessible cancer registry of real-world clinico-genomic data, was selected as a winner of the 2025 Amazon Web Services Imagine Grant.
Pediatric cancer patients are living longer than ever before, according to the AACR Inaugural Pediatric Cancer Progress Report, published on Dec. 4. The five-year survival rate for all pediatric cancers has increased from 63% in the mid-1970s to 87% in 2015-2021.
Ben Ho ParkSara TolaneyBen Ho Park and Sara M. Tolaney will receive American Association for Cancer Research awards at the the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Dec. 9-13 for their contributions to breast cancer research.
As NCI and NIH funding is being deliberated in Congress, this year’s 2025 AACR Cancer Progress Report had an unequivocal message: With 20 new anticancer therapeutics, new uses for eight previously approved anticancer therapeutics, two new early detection tools, and several AI-powered diagnostics approved over the span of just one year, cancer research funding yields a good return on investment.
City of Hope researchers at AACR.City of Hope presented more than 74 sessions at this year’s American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in Chicago, highlighting breakthroughs in diagnostics, treatment options and AI-powered precision medicine.
The American Association for Cancer Research called on Congress to stand up in unified opposition to President Trump’s FY2026 budget proposal for NIH, and to instead allocate a robust funding increase to $51.3 billion for the NIH (The Cancer Letter, May 2, 2025).
“We stand at the edge of discovery, and on the brink of losing it,” said Patricia M. LoRusso, the 2024-2025 president of the American Association for Cancer Research. “I believe this is the most scientifically promising moment in the history of cancer research.”
The American Association for Cancer Research has established the AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grant Program.
William N. Hait was named as chief scientific advisor to the American Association for Cancer Research.
The 2025 AACR Enduring Impact Award for Transformative Service to Cancer Science and Medicine will be presented to FDA’s Richard Pazdur during the AACR Annual Meeting 2025, to be held April 25-30 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.
