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Fighting Cancer in 2024-2025

AFCR will celebrate its 20 Year Anniversary in 2025. In those 20 years, AFCR has been focused on funding cancer research, especially those cancers prevalent in Asian populations. Here is a snapshot of the research fields we will fund during 2024-2025. CHANGING THE…

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USCACA – AFCR 2024 Young Investigator Awards

The U.S. Chinese Anti-Cancer Association (USCACA) and AFCR are pleased to invite nominations for the USCACA­‐AFCR 2024 Young Investigator Awards. The Awards will recognize 3 to 5 junior Chinese investigators on the basis of significant contributions in Translational or Clinical Cancer Research. Candidacy…

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Join Us for Our Inaugural Day of Giving!

On 14 June 2024, AFCR is launching our inaugural Day of Giving. This special event aims to spotlight the critical "unmet needs in cancer research and patient care." By generously supporting AFCR, you empower us to drive groundbreaking discoveries in the fight…

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Asian Fund for Cancer Research (AFCR) commends Dr. Yung-Chi Cheng’s three decades of pioneering research and celebrates Yiviva’s recent partnership with AstraZeneca China

The Asian Fund for Cancer Research (AFCR) proudly recognizes the exceptional contributions of Dr. Yung-Chi Cheng, AFCR Scientific Advisory Board Member, and Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine at Yale University. Dr. Cheng's unwavering commitment over the past thirty years has…

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Join us on World Cancer Day!

Did you know that there were 9.5 million newly reported cancer cases and 5.8 million cancer-related deaths occurring in Asia in 2020? These numbers are devastating! Even worse, without intervention, the number of new cases in Asia is anticipated to increase to…

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