STAT+: AACR Recap: Excitement about cancer prevention, new immunotherapies and advocacy

CHICAGO — With thousands of abstracts presented at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting, it’s hard to keep up with all the latest advances and data. Like every meeting, this year’s conference was full of presentations and posters detailing new innovations in treating and preventing cancer or detecting it early.

STAT’s Matthew Herper and Angus Chen were on the ground, listening to sessions, viewing posters, talking to attendees, and taking stock of the wide range of science that AACR highlighted in the press briefings. To see what their sense of the conference was, watch the video of STAT’s AACR Recap, where they discuss those highlights, including research that could help transform cancer prevention strategies worldwide and promising data on new immunotherapy drugs.

STAT also went over some of the differences of this year’s meeting, including AACR leadership’s emphasis on advocacy for cancer research during a period of political upheaval around science in the United States. [Matt and Angus begin their discussion at the 6:44 mark.]

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