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ARTICLE | Targets & Mechanisms

Cells on the rise

AACR by the numbers: abstracts by targets, indications, modalities, cell types

March 31, 2017 12:28 AM UTC

This year’s meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will keep the spotlight on immuno-oncology, where preclinical science is continuing to expand the use of different types of innate and adaptive immune cells in a range of different cancers. Other highlights include a rising profile of ovarian cancer and at least 21 new targets covering DNA damage repair or pathways of cancer metabolism.

BioCentury’s second annual analysis of the almost 6,000 AACR abstracts recapitulates several of the themes from last year, showing a steady growth in cancer immunotherapy against a backdrop of decades-old targets that still occupy, at least numerically, a dominant position...