Cancer Research Institute

02/27/2026

Did you know? Two of the most powerful, and often unexpected, tools for cancer prevention are vaccination and routine screening.

📝 Get informed during February's National Cancer Prevention Awareness Month: https://bit.ly/4kdDpxL

Top 6 tips for reducing your risk of cancer. Learn how small, everyday choices can make an impact.

02/26/2026

🌐 How is CRI sharing data to accelerate precision cancer care?

CRI's CEO, Dr. Alicia Zhou's vision "centers on the CRI Discovery Engine: a large-scale, openly accessible dataset capturing how tumors and immune cells interact over time and in space, especially under therapeutic perturbation. She contends that biology requires standardized data generation, analysis pipelines, and interpretation frameworks to ensure consistent results for patients, regardless of their testing location," describes Inside Precision Medicine.

↪️ Hear more in a new episode of Behind the Breakthroughs:

From genomics to immunotherapy, the Cancer Research Institute CEO discusses data sharing to accelerate precision cancer care.

02/25/2026

This year, an estimated 2.1 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer.

How can breakthroughs in immunotherapy drive progress for patients, and what barriers continue to stand in the way? Discover: https://bit.ly/3OxCNam

02/24/2026

What cancer vaccines have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration? What new types of cancer vaccines are being developed? Get answers to your most frequently asked questions about cancer vaccines, in our new, in-depth guide: https://bit.ly/3MeJddR

Cancer vaccines help educate the immune system about what cancer cells “look like” so that it can recognize and eliminate them.

02/23/2026

In 2026, an estimated 2.1 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer, with an estimated 626,000 deaths.

How can breakthroughs in targeted therapies and immunotherapy drive progress for patients, and what barriers continue to stand in the way? Explore: https://bit.ly/3OxCNam

02/22/2026

Judy, a stage 4 breast cancer survivor, understands the realities of scientific research-the uncertainty, the risk, and the persistence required to move the field forward. “It takes so many failures to have a success,” she emphasizes. “Research is not for the faint of heart. Scientists are in there swinging for the fences every day.” Read more: https://bit.ly/4jbBIQR

Judy Perkins' breast cancer story showcases her personalized immunotherapy treatment, demonstrating resilience and hope.

02/21/2026

📌 February is National Cancer Prevention Awareness Month.

🏃 From going on a morning run, to swapping out your cocktail for a mocktail, discover 6 steps you can take to reduce your cancer risk factor, in our new blog post: https://bit.ly/4kdDpxL

02/20/2026

Join us in celebrating Dr. Catherine Wu of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, and CRI Scientific Advisory Council member Dr. Darrell Irvine from Scripps Research, who have been named to the TIME100
Most Influential People in Health of 2026 list.

Discover how these leaders are driving transformative, life-changing innovations: https://bit.ly/4qwChGX

In today's changing health landscape, these leaders are advancing care, shaping policy, and driving innovations that transform lives.

02/19/2026

Cancer prevention means taking active steps to reduce your risk of getting cancer, often through your lifestyle choices such as diet, physical activity, and avoiding harmful exposures. While prevention isn't a guarantee that cancer won’t occur, it focuses on reducing risk where possible.

↪️ Discover 6 cancer prevention tips, during February's National Cancer Prevention Month:

Top 6 tips for reducing your risk of cancer. Learn how small, everyday choices can make an impact.

02/18/2026

"We know that it's possible for large language models to predict biology. At the same time, we know that there is very little understanding of how biology really works, especially in the context of treatment for cancer," describes CRI's CEO Dr. Alicia Zhou.

💡 Understand how the CRI Discovery Engine will accelerate the pathway to new and more impactful cancer treatments: https://bit.ly/49Dknfn

02/17/2026

Did you know? February is National Cancer Prevention Awareness Month.

Discover 6 steps you can take to reduce your cancer risk factor, in our new blog post: https://bit.ly/4kdDpxL

02/15/2026

"The prognosis was grim, to say the least, and the treatments available at the time were extremely limited," describes Sharon, who was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma at age 22. Taking a leap of courage, she enrolled in a clinical trial for an experimental immunotherapy called ipilimumab (Yervoy), built upon research pioneered by CRI Scientific Advisory Council Director Dr. Jim Allison, and led by CRI SAC Associate Director Dr. Jedd Wolchok.

After just 4 rounds of treatment, she was declared cancer-free, and remains so to this day. Read more of her story: https://bit.ly/48TZe1p