American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

Although any single type of rare cancer affects very few people—by definition, a rare cancer is one with an incidence of fewer than 6 cases out of every 100,000 people per year—in the aggregate, they collectively account for more than 25% of...

Artificially intelligent agents—commonly known as agentic artificial intelligence (AI) or AI agents—are one of the latest developments in the rapidly accelerating field, and they are known for their distinctive capability to do, rather than simply talk or summarize. If the AI chatbot of two years ago could make you a grocery list, the AI agent of today can (with th...

Chenia Lloyd-Gascho was only 8 years old when he learned he was highly likely to get cancer at some point in his life—though, given his age, it would take a few years for that to truly resonate. At the time, he only knew he had “some cancer thing.” That “thing” is a rare hereditary condition known as Li-Fraumeni syndrome that dramatically increases the risk of developing ca...

For the first time in over 25 years, people in the United States will soon have a new option of over-the-counter sunscreen. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has added bemotrizinol, a comp...

In case you missed it: During the AACR Annual Meeting 2026, we interviewed researchers at lunch time for morsels of knowledge about their work—and see how they were enjoying their meal of choice. We discovered that their hunger for tacos was no match for their th...