Eileen Glanton Loftus is a senior writer and editor in the communications department of the AACR. Her editorial experience spans newspapers, magazines, websites, and book publishing. She has been a newsperson for The Associated Press, a reporter at Forbes, and a freelance writer for numerous publications, including The Philadelphia Inquirer. Loftus lives in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) wrapped up National Cancer Research Month by inviting a group of 50 students from Philadelphia’s George Washington Carver High School for Engineering & Science to the AACR’s Philadelphia headquarters for a morning of conversations about cancer science.
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Today is National “Don’t Fry Day,” an initiative undertaken by the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention to encourage sun safety awareness and to remind people to limit their exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which has been proven to cause skin cancer.
Read MoreThe Affordable Care Act, which was enacted in 2010 and recently survived an effort to dismantle it, was the focus of a panel held Tuesday at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden returned to the stage at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting on Monday, sounding a battle cry to continue the momentum for cancer research that began when he launched the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative in 2016.
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As the American population grows ever more diverse, cancer researchers are discovering that digging deep into demographic information can provide useful insight into the way cancer affects ethnic groups differently.
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Saturday, February 4, is World Cancer Day, an initiative of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).
Read MoreA young adult shares his story of leaving college and learning to rely on his mother as he battled leukemia.
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In examination rooms all around the country, a big decision turns on a single moment.
A pediatrician tells a parent that his or her adolescent should be vaccinated against the human …
As the temperature soared this summer, the laps around the park became harder to endure.
When her skin chafed from radiation, her doctor told her to take it easy.
Still, Tanya Hall …
It looks like a toppled ice cream sundae, with maraschino cherries rolling away from a melting scoop of vanilla.
The reality isn’t even close. The scoop of white is an oral …