Detection and Interception of KRAS-Mutant Pancreatic Cancer Using Small Molecule RAS(ON) Inhibitors 2026 Mark Foundation-AACR-Lustgarten Foundation Early Detection Award Brian M. Wolpin, MD, MPH, and Andrew J. Aguirre, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Julie L. Sutcliffe, PhD, University of California, Davis; Laura D. Wood, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Read More
Programmable Recognition of KRAS Neoantigens for Early Cancer Diagnostics Across Patients 2026 Mark Foundation-AACR-Lustgarten Foundation Early Detection Award Nikolaos G. Sgourakis, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania; Mark A. Sellmyer, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania; Possu Huang, PhD, Stanford University Read More
Molecular Profiling of Ovarian Cancer Precursors to Transform Early Detection and Precancer Stratification 2026 Mark Foundation-AACR-Lustgarten Foundation-Break Through Cancer Early Detection Award Peter K. Sorger, PhD, Sandro Santagata, MD, PhD, and David R. Walt, PhD, Harvard University; Ronny I. Drapkin, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Read More
Towards a Unified Platform for Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Cancer Risk Prediction and Cell-free DNA Surveillance 2026 Mark Foundation-AACR-Lustgarten Foundation Early Detection Award Trevor J. Pugh, PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, UHN, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research; Brian D. Crompton, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Paul A. Northcott, PhD, St. Jude Children’s Hospital; Kara N. Maxwell, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Read More
Harnessing Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) and Aneuploidy Signals in Plasma Whole Genome for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer 2026 Mark Foundation-AACR-Lustgarten Foundation-Tina’s Wish Early Detection Award for Ovarian Cancer Dan Landau, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine; Ronny I. Drapkin, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania; Paul S. Mischel, MD, Stanford University; Adam Widman, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Read More
Digital Pathology Diagnostics for Robust Stratification of Esophageal Cancer Risk 2026 Mark Foundation-AACR-Lustgarten Foundation-Break Through Cancer Early Detection Award Christina Curtis, PhD and Greg Charville, MD, PhD, Stanford University; William Grady, MD, University of Washington; Rebecca Fitzgerald, MD, University of Cambridge Read More
Paving the Way to VideoTranscriptomics: Benchmarking Spatial Transcriptomics and Building Image Alignment for Spatiotemporal Glioblastoma Immune Mapping 2026 EACR-Mark Foundation-Pezcoller Foundation Rising Star Award Daniel Kirschenbaum, MD, PhD, University Hospital Zurich and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Read More
Engineering Microbial Cellular Therapies Against Cancer 2026 Emerging Leader Award Christopher Johnston, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Read More
Systemic Iron Remodeling as an Early Indicator of Pancreatic Cancer Progression 2026 Emerging Leader Award Iok In Christine Chio, PhD, Columbia University Read More
