“It wasn’t an easy road to diagnosis,” said multiple myeloma patient Oya Gilbert. The Waynesboro, Pennsylvania man was diagnosed after two years of seeking help for progressively painful episodes.
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Read the AACR BlogThe Week in Cancer News: A roundup of significant cancer research news from the past week, selected by the staff of Cancer Today magazine.
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The AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024 outlines the complex interplay of factors that drive and perpetuate cancer health disparities and calls for a collaborative approach to achieve health equity.
Learn MoreThe AACR and its more than 58,000 members worldwide are advancing a scientifically bold agenda against the collection of diseases we call cancer.
Learn MoreDr. Winn, chair of the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024 steering committee, discusses the many factors that drive and perpetuate cancer health disparities.
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