Goals of the AACR Scientist↔Survivor Program

• Broaden survivor and patient advocates’ understanding of fundamental topics in cancer research and expose them to the cutting-edge science that is accelerating our progress against cancer today.

• Develop an informed constituency of survivor and patient advocates who work in the larger cancer community.

• Increase awareness on the part of scientists and survivor and patient advocates of the many ways in which they can collaborate to support, influence and strengthen cancer research.

• Develop synergistic collaborations among scientists and advocates to increase funding of cancer research, increase participation in clinical trials, improve the design of clinical trials, increase the number of effective cancer drugs, and facilitate access to cancer information for the general public, high-risk individuals, and minority and underserved populations.

• Provide laboratory and clinical scientists with the opportunity to gain a more personal understanding of the enormous impact of cancer on patients and their loved ones.

• Expose scientists to the key concerns of survivor and patient advocates, which include survivorship, quality of life, science and public policy, and other important issues.

• Disseminate the knowledge and new perspectives acquired through the program to a vast and diverse audience.

• Create mutually beneficial and enduring partnerships among advocates and researchers.

Sept. 19, 2007