AACR, FDA and NCI announce cancer biomarkers collaborative at the AACR 2007 annual meeting
... ... "Major adva...AACR to present distinguished public service awards at 2007 Annual Meeting
... Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., will be receive the AACR Distinguished Service Award for exemplary leadership as Director of the National Cancer Institute during a time of flourishing scientific and technological advances with gradually diminishing resources. During his five-year tenure, Dr. von Eschen...AACR Annual Meeting showcases significant developments in understanding and targeting cancers
... "Because of significant diag...AACR establishes new lecture in honor of Princess Takamatsu
... ... Caven...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research recognizes Mina J. Bissell
......AACR's Sixth Annual Landon Awards recognize Richard Kolodner, Douglas Lowy and John Schiller
... The Kirk A. Landon-AACR Prize for Basic Cancer Research and Dorothy P. Landon-AACR Prize for Translational Cancer Research are the largest such awards offered to cancer researchers from a professional society of their peers. The recipients for each prize receive an unrestricted cash award of $200,000...AACR hosts annual meeting 2007
... ... on Monday, March 12. An electronic press kit containing the press releases a...18th EORTC -- NCI -- AACR Symposium
Tuesday 7 November Friday 10 November 2006 Prague, Czech Republic... ... ... It offers:... ... ... <...AACR awards $2.6 million in grants for metastatic colon cancer research
Philadelphia The American Association for Cancer Research announces the first 11 recipients of the new Jeannik M. Littlefield-AACR Grants in Metastatic Colon Cancer Research. The awards, ranging to $250,000, were established in February 2006, to support innovative research projects designed to accelerate the discovery and development of new agents to treat metastatic colon cancer. Grant awards...International scientists, physicians assemble at AACR Annual Meeting to discuss latest advances
World-renowned scientists, physicians, academicians and advocates will gather for the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), taking place April 1-5 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. About 16,000 attendees from around the world are expected at this year's meeting where presentations will focus on the latest cutting-edge findings in laborato...Sherry Lansing and Janet Woodcock receive AACR public service awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Each year at its Annual Meeting, the American Association for Cancer Research gives special recognition to distinguished individuals whose efforts and dedication have helped to increase awareness about the importance of cancer research....... The recipients of this year's Public Service Awards are Sherry Lansing, former Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Group Paramount Pi...Bernard Fisher receives AACR Lifetime Achievement Award
PHILADELPHIA Bernard Fisher, M.D., the renowned clinical cancer researcher whose career has been dedicated toward improving survival as well as quality of life for women with breast cancer, will receive the American Association for Cancer Research Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research....... The award will be presented April 2 during ceremonies at AACR's 97th Annual Meeting in Washin...AACR expands cancer research knowledge with scholarships for minority and women scientists
Three Scholar Awards programs, sponsored by the American Association for Cancer Research, will provide scientists traditionally underrepresented in cancer research with financial support to participate in the premier international meeting in the field. The AACR Annual Meeting draws nearly 16,000 clinical oncologists, basic scientists, epidemiologists and translational researchers from around the...AACR-NCI-EORTC international conference
PHILADELPHIA Critical innovations and new knowledge are now emerging from the laboratories of universities, medical centers and pharmaceutical companies worldwide, offering the prospect of a new generation of drugs capable of destroying cancer cells with pinpoint accuracy, without damaging adjacent normal cells.... ...Each year, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), jointly with th...Past AACR president Susan B. Horwitz elected to National Academy of Sciences
PHILADELPHIA Susan Band Horwitz, Ph.D., president of the American Association for Cancer Research in 2002-2003, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences last week....... Dr. Horwitz holds the Rose C. Falkenstein Chair in Cancer Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, N.Y., where she also serves the Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center as Associ...Lewis C. Cantley, Ph.D., receives Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
BOSTON Lewis C. Cantley, Ph.D., chief of the Division of Signal Transduction at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School, has been named the recipient of the eighth annual Pezcoller Foundation-American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) International Award for Cancer Research. ...... Established in 1997, the prestigious award is p...AACR: The premier international meeting for developments in cancer research
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is sponsoring teleconferences to coincide with the press briefings scheduled during its 96th Annual Meeting starting April 16th in Anaheim, CA. Following the briefings, the phone lines will be opened for "question and answer" sessions. These briefings are only open to members of the media. ......CALL-IN: (800) 282-9233 (Please call 5-10 minute...AACR recognizes women in cancer research
PHILADELPHIA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has granted scholarships to outstanding women in cancer research through the AACR-Women in Cancer Research (WICR) Brigid G. Leventhal Scholar Award in Cancer Research program....... So far this year, 17 women have received a total of $17,000 in scholarships, enabling them to attend AACR Fall Special Conferences and the 95th Annua...PHILADELPHIA -- Throughout the year, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) selects faculty members in minority-serving institutions who have shown excellence and dedication in the field of cancer research. They come from institutions which are historically Black, predominantly Hispanic, and Tribal Colleges and Universities. ...... The AACR Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scho...PHILADELPHIA -- Each year, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) presents awards to minority scholars who have made an impact in cancer research, and show potential to continue to do so in the future. ...... AACR Minority Scholar Awards in Cancer Research go to full-time graduate or medical students, residents, clinical or postdoctoral fellows, or junior faculty members. Recipients...