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The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), celebrating its centennial this year, is a nonprofit scientific society of more than 24,000 laboratory, translational, and clinical cancer researchers whose mission is to prevent and cure cancer through research, education, and communication.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), founded in 1971, is the principal government agency in the United States charged with coordinating the national effort against cancer. It facilitates international cooperation in clinical trials involving U.S. and foreign collaborating institutions.

The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), founded in 1962, was organized to conduct, develop, coordinate, and stimulate laboratory and clinical research in Europe and to improve the management of cancer and related problems by increasing survival and quality of life for patients.

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