AACR Annual Meeting to Be Held Next Month

World-renowned scientists are expected in Washington April 1-5 for the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

The meeting of about 16,000 scientists, physicians, academicians and advocates from around the world will include presentations focusing on the latest findings in laboratory, translational and clinical cancer research.

We are at a critical juncture in the field of cancer research and the exchange of scientific information has taken on a greater urgency, said Peter Jones, president of the AACR. With pending cuts to the research budget of the National Institutes of Health, and specifically the National Cancer Institute, the free-flow of information shared amongst researchers and oncologists at the AACR Annual Meeting has never played a greater role in advancing the field.

Dr. Daniel Haber, chairman of the meeting’s program committee, said the accelerating pace of cancer research discoveries is unprecedented.

The rapid progress in our understanding of different types of cancer at the molecular level is now starting to bear fruit and it will have a very significant impact on our ability to treat and hopefully prevent these diseases.