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WashU Medicine Researchers to Showcase Findings at #AACR25

By Siteman Communications |
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WashU Medicine faculty members affiliated with Siteman Cancer Center will present the latest in cancer research at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025, April 25-30 in Chicago.

The conference, one of the largest of its kind in the world, convenes physician-scientists and other clinicians, researchers, patients, advocates and others to share and discuss the latest breakthroughs in translational research, clinical studies, population science, survivorship and more.

There, WashU Medicine faculty members at Siteman will:

  • Co-chair conference sessions:
  • Represent the journal Cancer Immunology Research as editor-in-chief (Robert Schreiber, PhD)
  • Serve as a featured mentor for early career researchers (Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH)
  • Present their findings on molecular imaging, the early detection and prevention of early-onset colorectal cancer, and more.

Details about these highlighted presentations are available here.

Additional noteworthy WashU Medicine research that will be presented by collaborators from other institutions or featured in poster sessions includes:

  • “Neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab plus standard of care (SOC) in resectable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA HNSCC): Phase 3 KEYNOTE-689 study,” research co-led by Douglas Adkins, MD. Learn more.
  • “Trends in breast cancer incidence-based mortality among US women aged 20-49 by molecular subtypes and race,” which will be presented by Adetunji Toriola, MD, PhD. Learn more.

For a complete list of WashU Medicine research being presented at the conference, visit the conference program. And follow Siteman Cancer Center at #AACR25 on X @SitemanCenter.