AACR Congressional Events

Throughout the year, the AACR hosts several congressional events designed to educate members of Congress and their staff about many of the issues facing cancer researchers, clinicians, and advocates.

RECENT Briefings

Congressional Briefing: AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024 (May 15, 2024)

Past Briefings

• AACR Policy Briefing: Release of the Cancer Progress Report 2022 (September 21, 2022)
• Virtual Congressional Briefing: AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022 (June 8, 2022)
• Virtual Congressional Briefing: AACR Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Research and Patient Care (February 9, 2022)
• Virtual Congressional Briefing: AACR Cancer Progress Report 2021 (October 13, 2021)
• Virtual Congressional Briefing: Release of the AACR Cancer Progress Report 2020 (September 23, 2020)
• Virtual Congressional Briefing: AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2020 (September 16, 2020)
• AACR Cancer Progress Report 2019: Transforming Lives Through Innovative Cancer Science (September 18, 2019)
• Let’s End HPV-related Cancers (June 27, 2019)
• E-cigarettes and Nicotine Addiction: A Potential Public Health Crisis for Youth and Young Adults (June 12, 2019)
• E-cigarettes: Striking a Balance Between Preventing Youth Nicotine Addiction and Helping Current Adult Smokers Quit Combustible Cigarettes (July 18, 2018)
• AACR-SITC Joint Congressional Briefing – Progress in Immuno-oncology: Delivering Hope and Clinical Benefit to Cancer Patients (July 19, 2017)