American Association for Cancer Research
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The American Association for Cancer Research is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through scientific collaboration and dissemination of findings.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| American Association for Cancer Research canonical | 11 |
| AACR | 2 |
| AACR Annual Meeting | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14966 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Association for Cancer Research Context triple: [Harold Varmus, memberOf, American Association for Cancer Research]
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A.
Universities Research Association
Universities Research Association is a consortium of research universities that collaborates to manage and support major scientific facilities and high-energy physics research programs in the United States.
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B.
National Research Council
The National Research Council is a U.S. organization that provides independent, expert advice on scientific, engineering, and medical issues to inform public policy and decision-making.
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C.
National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine is a leading U.S. nonprofit institution that provides expert, evidence-based advice on health, medicine, and biomedical science to inform policy and improve public health.
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D.
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, now known as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), is an international organization that supports scientific excellence and capacity building in developing countries.
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E.
National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit society of distinguished scholars in the United States that advises the nation on matters related to science and technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Association for Cancer Research Target entity description: The American Association for Cancer Research is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through scientific collaboration and dissemination of findings.
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A.
Universities Research Association
Universities Research Association is a consortium of research universities that collaborates to manage and support major scientific facilities and high-energy physics research programs in the United States.
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B.
National Research Council
The National Research Council is a U.S. organization that provides independent, expert advice on scientific, engineering, and medical issues to inform public policy and decision-making.
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C.
National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine is a leading U.S. nonprofit institution that provides expert, evidence-based advice on health, medicine, and biomedical science to inform policy and improve public health.
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D.
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, now known as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), is an international organization that supports scientific excellence and capacity building in developing countries.
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National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit society of distinguished scholars in the United States that advises the nation on matters related to science and technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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professional association ⓘ scientific society ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
American Association for Cancer Research
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
AACR
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| engagesIn |
dissemination of cancer research findings
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public policy and advocacy related to cancer research ⓘ scientific collaboration ⓘ |
| field |
cancer research
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medical research ⓘ oncology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cancer biology
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cancer diagnosis ⓘ cancer prevention ⓘ cancer treatment ⓘ clinical cancer research ⓘ translational cancer research ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1907 ⓘ |
| hasMembershipType |
clinicians
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health care professionals ⓘ individual members ⓘ patient advocates ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.aacr.org ⓘ |
| hasScope | international ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mission | to prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication, and collaboration ⓘ |
| nonprofitStatus | 501(c)(3) organization ⓘ |
| organizes |
American Association for Cancer Research
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
AACR Annual Meeting
special conferences on cancer research topics ⓘ |
| provides |
fellowships
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professional development opportunities ⓘ research grants ⓘ scientific education programs ⓘ |
| publishes |
Blood Cancer Discovery
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Cancer Discovery ⓘ Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention ⓘ Cancer Immunology Research ⓘ Cancer Prevention Research ⓘ Cancer Research ⓘ Clinical Cancer Research ⓘ Molecular Cancer Research ⓘ Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ⓘ |
| supports |
cancer epidemiology research
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early-career cancer researchers ⓘ immuno-oncology research ⓘ precision oncology research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: American Association for Cancer Research Description of subject: The American Association for Cancer Research is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through scientific collaboration and dissemination of findings.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
American Association for Cancer Research
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abbreviation
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American Association for Cancer Research
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
AACR
American Association for Cancer Research
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organizes
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American Association for Cancer Research
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
AACR Annual Meeting
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
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publisher
→
American Association for Cancer Research
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Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
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publisher
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American Association for Cancer Research
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this entity surface form:
AACR