This year’s CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium received 1,641 abstract submissions before their deadline closed on June 21, 2011, an increase over the previous 2009 record of 1,464.
1) Data support these treatment options in women with both cancers; 2) Results of registHER study showed benefit in earlier detection; 3) Treatment independently led to improvement in overall survival.
1) Cranial radiotherapy is known to lead to cognitive dysfunction; 2) Stem cells conformed to ethical guidelines.
1) Disparity driven by gender differences in cancer incidence; 2) Cancer survival largely similar between men and women; 3) Research needed to understand gender disparities in cancer incidence.
This year, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D., the immediate past president of the AACR and a recent Nobel laureate, will chair the Second AACR Conference on Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research. This conference will unite cancer research leaders from across the globe to encourage and strengthen collaborative research efforts.
1) Some southern states show almost no improvement; 2) Study points to increased need for screening; 3) Poverty and uninsured rates are higher in southern states.
1) Agent lowered key biomarkers in lung cancer development; 2) Study confirms earlier research in Cancer Prevention Research; 3) Experts estimate former U.S. smoker population at 45 million.
1) Findings represent a critical step in personalizing cancer treatments; 2) Some early aberrations are required for development of later abnormalities.
1) Flu vaccine could be used to test immune response; 2) Patients presented with metastatic renal cell cancer; 3) Implications beyond quality of life and patient management.
The American Association for Cancer Research applauds the bold new health warning labels for cigarette packages and advertisements unveiled today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new labels will be required no later than the fall of 2012, and are a major step forward in the fight against tobacco use, which is the single most preventable cause of premature death in the United States and is responsible for nearly a third of all cancer deaths.
1) New model of time-lapse microscopy provides better visualization of metastatic processes; 2) Knowledge could allow for therapeutic targeting to prevent metastasis. 3) NOTE TO PRODUCERS/EDITORS: Video footage available.
1) Laboratory study has clear implications for humans; 2) Low carbohydrates reduce blood glucose, which tumor cells need; 3) Possible anti-inflammatory effect also observed.
It is with immense sorrow and deep regret that we share the news of the passing of Laura Ziskin, co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). She was a staunch advocate of the value of cancer research in saving lives, and was a beloved friend and member of our AACR family.
Acclaimed film producer and cancer activist Laura Ziskin died today at her home in Santa Monica at the age of 61. Ziskin, who lived with breast cancer for seven years, is survived by her husband, screenwriter Alvin Sargent, with whom she frequently collaborated; daughter, producer Julia Barry, and son-in-law, writer Eli Dansky.
The American Association for Cancer Research is pleased to announce that CR – AACR’s magazine for cancer survivors, their families and caregivers – won first place in the 2011 National Media Awards of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Separately, it received three additional awards from the Greater Philadelphia Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
1) Effect was seen if men walked at a brisk pace after diagnosis; 2) Easy exercise regimen continues to improve health; 3) Walking decreased the likelihood of secondary treatments.
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA), along with the American Association for Cancer Research, call upon the cancer research community to submit Letters of Intent for a new Dream Team dedicated to melanoma research.
Lee W. Wattenberg, M.D., will receive the 2011 AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Prevention Research for his role in launching the field of chemoprevention and his work to understand the potential mechanisms of action of chemopreventive compounds. Wattenberg is a professor at the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota and past president of the American Association for Cancer Research.
The American Association for Cancer Research announces a call for nominations for the 2011 AACR Distinguished Lecture on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities, funded by Susan G. Komen for The Cure®.
More than 16,000 people from 67 countries around the world, including Japan, attended the American Association for Cancer Research’s 102nd Annual Meeting, held in Orlando, Fla., April 2-6, 2011.
The AACR applauds leaders of the bipartisan Senate Cancer Coalition for reinforcing the importance of cancer research this May, in honor of National Cancer Research Month.
1) Blacks and Hispanics less likely than whites to receive screening; 2) Disparities persisted after increased colorectal screening coverage.
The American Association for Cancer Research announces a call for nominations for the 2011 AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®.
1) Most of the mortality from melanoma comes from metastasis; 2) Current monitoring requires costly imaging methods.
Oncologists can use colorectal cancer patients’ own immune system to boost the effects of chemotherapy and increase progression-free survival, according to Phase III study results presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6.
Breast cancer survivors with poor physical health scores had an elevated risk of poorer cancer outcomes, including recurrence and death, according to the results of an observational study presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.
Freeze-dried strawberries may be an alternative to drugs for the prevention of esophageal cancer, according to research presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6.
Soy food consumption did not increase the risk of cancer recurrence or death among survivors of breast cancer, according to the results of a study presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.
Breast cancer survivors who experience extreme weight gain have an increased risk of death after breast cancer diagnosis. Moderate weight gain did not affect breast cancer outcomes. These study results were presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6.
Judy E. Garber, M.D., M.P.H., was inaugurated today as president of the American Association for Cancer Research at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011. This year’s meeting theme is “Innovation and Collaboration: The Path to Progress.”
As cancer continues to affect one in two men and one in three women, researchers are increasing their knowledge on the known risk factors for cancer both environmentally and genetically.
Women with ovarian cancer who have the BRCA2 gene mutation are more likely to survive the malignancy than women with the BRCA1 mutation, or women without either mutation.
Among people with AIDS, the risk of stomach and esophageal malignancies is higher than among the general population, according to study results presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6.
Heavy beer drinkers who have a specific genetic variant in the cluster of three genes that metabolize alcohol are at significantly higher risk of developing non-cardia gastric cancer, according to research presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6.
Scientists from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine are working on a series of genetic analyses that suggest the underlying differences among racial groups are present not just in tumors, but in normal tissue as well. Lisa Baumbach, Ph.D., associate research professor, and colleagues will present the full study results at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6.
Researchers investigating a novel biomarker test believe it is the most accurate yet in detecting proteins secreted from tumors caused by exposure to asbestos. Study results of this aptamer proteomic technology were presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.
Breast cancer risk can be assessed by examining the epithelial cells found in breast milk, according to preliminary study results presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.
A panel of biomarkers appears to be able to identify the presence of lung cancer in the blood samples of people who have never smoked, according to data presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6.
Cancer is at its most treatable when caught early, so scientists are increasing their focus on innovative diagnostic methods that, hopefully, will lead to higher cure rates.
Researchers with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have found that people with lung cancer were significantly more likely to have several high-risk forms of human papillomavirus (HPV) antibodies compared to those who did not have lung cancer. These results, which were presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6, indicate that HPV antibodies are substantially increased in people with lung cancer.
Nicotine at doses similar to those found in most nicotine replacements therapies did not increase lung cancer tumor incidence, frequency or size, according to results of a mouse study presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6.
The use of aspirin at least once per month is associated with a significant decrease in pancreatic cancer risk, according to results of a large case-control study presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6.
Results of the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study revealed that diabetes is associated with lower risk of prostate cancer in men but with higher risk of other cancers in both men and women. The data, to be presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6, also showed an association between diabetes and higher cancer mortality rates.
Smoking increases the risk of breast cancer, but the risk differs by obesity status in postmenopausal women, according to data from an analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative observational study.
Scientists have confirmed that metabolic syndrome, a constellation of conditions that increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes, may also increase the risk of the two most common types of liver cancer, according to data presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6.
The U.S. Congress will soon be facing another budget showdown as their sixth continuing resolution expires on April 8, 2011. While the entire government has been without permanent appropriations for nearly six months, the House Republicans and Senate Democrats continue to remain far apart on resolving the fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget.
Scientists have identified digoxin as a possible therapy for prostate cancer, using a combination of laboratory science and epidemiology that is unprecedented in its cooperative nature.
Cancer Discovery, the newest journal in the robust publication program of the American Association for Cancer Research, will debut at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here from April 2-6.
Scientists have uncovered a genetic characteristic of metastatic prostate cancer that defines a rare sub-type of this disease. These findings are published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, which will debut at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.
A study published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, debuting here at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6, showed how evaluating the immune response in the tumor microenvironment may help researchers better target therapy in breast cancer.
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