Updates
05.27.08 - ACCRF Scientific Forum at the Salk Institute - April 2008
ACCRF convened a group of highly-prominent researchers to review the results of ongoing projects as well as to discuss the
most promising avenues of research to pursue in the future. The Forum was graciously hosted by the Salk Institute for Biological
Studies.
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01.25.08 - ACCRF Update - January 2008
After two years of operation, ACCRF is seeing its research projects come closer to fruition. Progress is increasingly evident
across a wide range of biobanking, cell line, animal model, genomic, drug screening and clinical trial activities.
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08.24.07 - ACCRF Joins the NDRI
ACCRF is pleased to announce that it has joined the Rare Disease Biospecimen Alliance of the National Disease Research
Interchange (NDRI). This new initiative seeks to provide researchers with the appropriate materials to gain insights into ACC.
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05.22.07 - ACCRF Featured in The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal featured ACCRF in an article on rare disease research on May 22, 2007. The main
theme is that raising money is not enough; non-profit organizations need to understand the science, manage
the researchers and jump-start projects.
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05.21.07 - ACCRF Accomplishments
A review of ACCRF's accomplishments since its formation nearly 18 months ago.
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10.26.06 - NIH Workshop on Salivary Gland Cancers
The first-ever NIH conference on this topic witnessed a large and diverse group of researchers, collegial
collaboration and some clear action items.
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10.26.06 - ACCRF Research Agenda Update
In the four months since the initial Research Agenda was published, good progress is already evident across various
research projects.
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07.18.06 - ACCRF at the SPORE Meetings
The National Cancer Institute recently held the annual meeting for its Specialized Programs of
Research Excellence (SPORE) in Baltimore. ACCRF Trustees attended to act as Patient Advocates, to monitor trends
in cancer research and to publicize the growing interest in ACC. ACCRF also held a scientific meeting to make
progress on ACCRF's genomics and animal model projects.
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06.21.06 - ACCRF Announces Research Agenda
With the guidance of our Scientific Advisory Board and the input of many interested researchers, ACCRF has developed
a Research Agenda that we believe will deliver new therapies to patients as quickly as possible. The Research Agenda
certainly will change as new information and methodologies develop, but it represents the best efforts of the best
minds across the best cancer institutions in the world.
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04.02.06 - ACCRF Inaugural Scientific Meeting
On April 2, 2006, ACCRF held its inaugural Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC during the Annual
Meetings of the American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR).
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