American Association for Cancer Research shared highlights from the AACR Annual Meeting 2026 on X:
“Jakob Nikolas Kather chaired today’s AACR26 Plenary Session on ‘The AI Revolution in Cancer Research,’ featuring Jure Leskovec, Bo Wang, Suchi Saria, and Faisal Mahmood.”
“2025-26 AACR President Lillian Siu and 2026-27 AACR President Keith Flaherty will discuss ‘The State of Oncology’ with Matthew Herper during Outsmarting Cancer, a special STAT AACR event in San Diego (6-9 PM Tuesday, 4/21). Learn more.”
“AACR CEO Margaret Foti and Lillian Siu welcomed AACR members of 25 years or more-including three newly-minted 50-Year Members-to AACR26 at a special breakfast to honor their dedication to the AACR.”
“New Drugs on the Horizon, Part 3: Katrina L. Jackson and Daniel Seungduk La chaired the final session in this three-part series that presents first disclosures of the chemical structures of novel agents against emerging cancer targets.”
“Targeting Stage 0: Precision-Based Prevention – Lillian L. Siu addressed this topic in her AACR26 Presidential Select Symposium, which was chaired by Raymond N. DuBois and featured Sharon E. Plon, John Burn, Mary L. Disis, and Joann G. Elmore.”
“During the AACR26 Business Meeting of Members, Lillian L. Siu transfers the presidency of the AACR to Keith T. Flaherty. We thank Dr. Siu for her visionary leadership over the past year and congratulate Dr. Flaherty on his election.”
“We thank all the cancer survivors, patient advocates, and supporters who are attending and actively participating in this year’s AACR Annual Meeting. We are Finding Cures Together.”
“The Amplify Humanity Quilt– featuring portraits of advocacy partners and leaders, including AACRSSP advocates-is on display in the Advocacy Partners Pavilion. We thank oncology nurse and artist Joseph Thatcher for creating this remarkable tribute and Pfizer for their support.”
“Patient advocates discussed their research and advocacy projects with Annual Meeting attendees during the Advocates Poster Sessions at AACR26.”
“Jennifer Haas, Nina Bickell and Rob Winn discussed ‘Strategies Towards Overcoming Cancer Health Disparities’ at AACR26 in a Stand Up To Cancer Scientific Session moderated by Shawna Hudson. AACR thanks Stand Up To Cancer-especially Julian Adams and Catherine Higgins-for their partnership.”
“Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers: The AACR and the Japanese Cancer Association addressed this topic in an AACR26 Joint Session moderated by Maria Teresa Landi and Takashi Kohno. We thank JCA for their enduring collaboration. ”
“Jeanne Tie explored how minimal residual disease could reshape clinical trial design for colorectal cancer during Saturday’s Plenary Session at AACR26. Read the full recap in AACR Annual Meeting News.”
“Wrapping up Monday at AACR26, which featured a plenary session on AI in cancer research and the Presidential Select Symposium on precision-based prevention. Catch up on a busy day on the AACR Blog.”
“AACR26 Program Chairs Paul Mischel and Alice Shaw recognized nearly 250 recipients of AACR Scholar Awards, including Scholar-in-Training Awards, Global Scholar-in-Training Awards, Faculty Scholar Awards, Early-Career Scholar Awards, and WICR Scholar Awards. ”
” ‘It really is a moment where we’re making progress across the board,’
said AACR President-Elect Dr. Vonderheide of Penn Medicine in a CBS 8 San Diego story that featured a clinical trial of a pancreatic cancer vaccine presented at AACR26 in San Diego.”
