Guest Post by Sarah Junco Wong, PhD
Member of the AACR’s Associate Member Council-led Communications Committee
Alternative Career Pathways: Science Communication
Communicating
Navigating New Waters: The Nurse’s Role
Helping Patients Share Their Stories
Jamie Holloway, a breast cancer researcher turned breast cancer patient and AACR Scientist↔Survivor Program advocate, started a blog to update her family and friends on her progress. Learn more about how she shares her story.
Read MoreComplexities of Cancer Explained for Patient Benefit
We asked Eric Winer, MD, chief of the Division of Women’s Cancers and director of the Breast Oncology Center at the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, to explain for patients and their loved ones how the complexities of cancer make it a hard disease to treat successfully and to talk about efforts to overcome these complexities to reduce the burden of cancer.
Read MoreMay Is National Cancer Research Month
May is National Cancer Research Month, during which the American Association for Cancer Research partners with advocacy groups, cancer centers, and research institutions to raise awareness of the high-quality, innovative …
Read MoreBehind the Scenes: Getting the Word Out About the AACR Annual Meeting
With the start of the AACR Annual Meeting 2015 only four days away, the organization is ramping up its communications and public relations efforts to bring attention to the excellent science and new discoveries for patients that will be presented during the meeting in Philadelphia, April 18-22.
Read MoreContinue the Conversation: Social Media at the AACR Annual Meeting
A Simple Act: Increasing Clinical Trial Participation
Integrating Chemistry Into Cancer Research
Advances against cancer that make it to the clinic are a result of many years of hard work by researchers in myriad scientific fields, including non-biological disciplines such as chemistry. …
Read MoreExploring the Past, Present, and Future of Cancer Research
A new documentary, produced by Ken Burns and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, will air later this year on PBS.
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