RELEASE OF THE AACR CANCER PROGRESS REPORT 2024:
Inspiring Science • Fueling Progress • Revolutionizing Care
September 18, 2024
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ET
National Press Club
529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20045
(Livestream available for remote viewing)
Please join the AACR for a congressional briefing on Wednesday, September 18 (11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. ET), at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and virtually via livestream for the release of the 14th edition of the AACR Cancer Progress Report 2024.
The AACR Cancer Progress Report is a cornerstone of the AACR’s efforts to educate policymakers and the broader public about cancer, highlight the remarkable progress we are making against cancer, and advocate for robust, sustained, and predictable annual funding increases for the NIH, NCI, FDA, and CDC. Specifically, the report underscores how recent advances across the cancer care continuum, including immunotherapy and molecularly targeted therapies, are helping cancer patients and their loved ones. This year’s report also focuses on the ways we are addressing the needs of the rapidly expanding population of cancer survivors, as well as the disparities in cancer incidence, mortality, and access to care that still affect certain populations.
Program
Welcome
Margaret Foti, PhD, MC (hc), AACR Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Keynote Address
Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), FAACR, AACR President 2024-2025, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut
Panelists
John L. Cleveland, PhD
Center Director and Executive Vice President
Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Professor and George V. Cortner and Theodore J. Couch Endowed Chair
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Michael Pignone, MD, MPH
Rebecca and John Kirkland Distinguished Professor of Medicine Vice Chair for Quality and Innovation, Duke Department of Medicine
ACS Clinical Research Professor
Duke Cancer Institute Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Patient Advocates
Humberto M. Guiot, MD
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Emily and Michael Methner
East Brunswick, New Jersey
Vicki W. Jones
Spokane, Washington
Lourdes Monje
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
