The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the world's oldest and largest professional association related to cancer research. Based in Philadelphia, the AACR focuses on all aspects of cancer research, including basic, clinical, and translational research into the etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. Founded in 1907 by 11 physicians and scientists, the organization now has more than 34,000 members in over 90 countries.
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History
The AACR was formed as a society on May 7, 1907 in Washington, DC as the "Association for Cancer Research" by a group of scientists. Those involved in the founding were Silas P. Beebe, George H. A. Clowes, William Coley, James Ewing, Harvey R. Gaylord, Robert B. Greenough, J. Collins Warren, George W. Crile, Leo Loeb, Frank B. Mallory, and Ernest E. Tyzzer. They organized annual meetings to coincide with the meetings for the much larger meetings of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists. At the first meeting in New York City in November 1907, 9 papers were presented. For the first 30 years, the group functioned as a select group of scientists, but with the expansion of cancer research in the 1930s, membership and interest grew. In 1939, the meeting was lengthened to 2 days. The society was officially incorporated in 1940.
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Meetings and workshops
Annual Meeting
The AACR Annual Meeting attracts more than 18,000 participants from around the world and has been described as the "main forum to present and discuss cancer-related research." Attendees gather to discuss over 6,000 abstracts and to hear more than 250 invited presentations on significant discoveries in basic, clinical, and translational cancer research. Scientific award lectures, grant writing workshops, networking events, and educational sessions round out this comprehensive program.
Publications
The AACR publishes eight peer-reviewed journals: Cancer Discovery, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, Cancer Immunology Research, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, Molecular Cancer Research, Cancer Prevention Research and Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. In addition to its print publications, the AACR provides online access to the latest in cancer research, cancer prevention, and cancer reviews with online versions of each of its eight journals and two virtual journals: Cancer Reviews Online and the Cancer Prevention Journals Portal. The AACR also publishes Cancer Today, a magazine for cancer patients, survivors, and their families and friends.
Cancer Research Journal
Cancer Research is the most frequently cited cancer journal in the world. Papers are peer-reviewed, and only those that meet high standards of scientific merit are accepted for publication. The journal publishes significant, original studies, reviews, and perspectives on all areas of basic, clinical, translational, epidemiological, and prevention research in cancer and the cancer-related biomedical sciences. Some of the topics include biochemistry; chemical, physical, and viral carcinogenesis and mutagenesis; clinical research including clinical trials; endocrinology; epidemiology and prevention; experimental therapeutics, molecular targets, and chemical biology; immunology and immunotherapy including biological therapy; molecular biology, pathobiology, and genetics; radiobiology and radiation oncology; cell and tumor biology; tumor microenvironment; systems biology and other emerging technologies.
The AACR Foundation for the Prevention and Cure of Cancer
The AACR Foundation for the Prevention and Cure of Cancer is a 501(c)(3) public charity that provides financial support for scientific research, education, and communication. The foundation funds programs deemed by the American Association for Cancer Research to be of the highest priority and impact.
Presidents
The names of the presidents from 1907-1960 were reported by Triolo in 1961.
Funding programs
The AACR Foundation for the Prevention and Cure of Cancer directly funds research that holds promise for a cure for cancer. The foundation's mission to "accelerate progress in the conquest of cancer by providing financial support for scientific research, education, and communication" is demonstrated by its support of scientists at all levels. Ninety cents of every dollar raised by the foundation is spent in support of this mission. The AACR offers support to cancer researchers at various stages in their careers, from fellowships to career development awards to major grants for independent investigators.
Awards and fellows
The AACR also confers award recognitions for various research accomplishments (listing 17 annual such awards on its web site as of January 2015). The awards typically include a commemorative plaque or certificate, an invitation to present a lecture at the association's annual meeting or an association-sponsored research conference, and coverage of travel costs to attend with a guest, and most of the awards include an additional honorarium (e.g., $5,000-$10,000 for most awards, $50,000 for a Team Science Award, and EUR75,000 for an international award co-sponsored by a separate foundation).
In 1970 the AACR established a Cornelius P. Rhoads Memorial Award, named after a prominent cancer researcher and administrator who directed the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and had a long career in working to cure cancer. It is awarded annually to a promising young researcher. However, due to a revival in 2002 of a 1932 controversy in which a racist letter by Rhoads was found and publicized, the AACR stripped his name from the award, so the award has since been known as the AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research.
See also
- Cancer
- Chemotherapy
- Experimental cancer treatments
- Radiation therapy
References
Further reading
- Westwell, Andrew D. (August 2005). "The war on cancer: an end in sight?". Drug Discovery Today. Conference report. 10 (16). AACR 2005 Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California. pp. 1082-1083. doi:10.1016/S1359-6446(05)03529-4.
External links
- American Association for Cancer Research
- AACR Foundation for the Prevention and Cure of Cancer
- Cancer Research
- Cancer Discovery
- Cancer Immunology Research
- Clinical Cancer Research
- Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
- Molecular Cancer Research
- Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
- Cancer Prevention Research
- Cancer Reviews Online
- Cancer Prevention Journals Portal
- Stand Up To Cancer
- Cancer Today
- CANCER RESEARCH Catalyst (the AACR blog)
- AACR Cancer Progress Report
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