Advocate members who participate in the AACR Annual Meeting Scientist↔Survivor Program® are required to submit abstracts and present posters highlighting their advocacy efforts.

Advocate E-Posters

E-posters are also available for viewing by registered Annual Meeting attendees through Friday, October 31. Annual Meeting registrants can log into the e-poster site using their seven-digit registration ID (provided in their confirmation emails and on their meeting badges) and their last name.

E-Posters: Advocates Poster Session 1 (ADV01-ADV17) E-Posters: Advocates Poster Session 2 (ADV18-ADV33)

Advocate Abstracts

The SSP advocate abstracts presented during the AACR Annual Meeting 2025 are listed below.

• ADV01 – Hereditary cancer: Beyond BRCA mutations
  Debbie Denardi
• ADV02 – Results of a patient survivorship and supportive services needs assessment
  Alique Topalian
• ADV03 – Sarcoma patient community data collaboration to advance research
  Brandi Felser
• ADV04 – Youthful patients and the importance of early detection
  Colt J. Blunt
• ADV05 – Empowering underserved communities: bridging the gap in clinical research
  Valerie Traynum
• ADV06 – Influence of peer support on patient decision-making
  Ben Nathanson
• ADV07 – Comparing base LLMs vs. RAG-enhanced systems in rare cancers such as Chromophobe RCC
  Katie Coleman
• ADV08 – The influence of mentorship and social media on the journey of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) patients
  Lisa Craine
• ADV09 – Bridging the Gap: Collaborative strategies to advance molecular profiling in brain tumor care – insights from the 3rd annual leadership fly-In
  Georgia Pinner
• ADV11 – Patient-centered education in genitourinary malignancies
  Darrell Nakagawa
• ADV12 – Engaging patients to transform experience: Building ACCESS
  Adrienne Co-Dyre
• ADV13 – Survivor turned advocate: Importance of advocacy and how to prepare
  Lauren Bendesky
• ADV14 – Bridging the gap in pancreatic cancer: A perspective from a stage IV survivor on the importance of words, testing, and collaboration
  Elise Roth Tedeschi
• ADV15 – Long-term side effects of platinum-based chemotherapy drugs among people treated for colorectal cancer
  Michael Holtz
• ADV16 – Addressing colorectal and anal cancer disparities in the LGBTQ+ Community
  David Russo
• ADV17 – Prevention is the cure: Many paths to wellness
  Judith Ann Fitzgerald
• ADV18 – The AYA cancer experience: A qualitative exploration of quality of care
  Rebecca Muñoz
• ADV19 – Hope for people living with metastatic breast cancer.
  Aditya Manna
• ADV20 – Survivor advocacy: Using social media to break stigma, raise awareness, and empower change in cancer care
  Aisha McClellan
• ADV21 – From guidelines to action: A personalized screening intervention to address breast cancer disparities
  Tara Latta
• ADV23 – Patients make a difference!
  Angus Pratt
• ADV24 – Implementation and evaluation of a 365-day global cancer podcast for patients and survivors delivering research-backed strategies and comedy content daily in 131 countries.
  Saranne Rothberg
• ADV25 – Survivorship science: A call to expand pediatric cancer research beyond treatment
  Sarah Rostock
• ADV26 – Fostering positive and productive interactions between patients and researchers
  Terlisa Sheppard
• ADV27 – Why I left cancer advocacy, and why I came back
  Carolyn Anh Van
• ADV28 – Empowering underserved communities: Bridging the gap in cancer awareness and support from Africa to the Diaspora
  Edith Laure Meto’o
• ADV29 – Chemo at the edge of the world: Caring for my mom through pancreatic cancer on Haida Gwaii
  Dana MJ Bellis
• ADV30 – Integrating the patient voice in training the next generation of scientists
  Megan Sewell
• ADV31 – Community-led efforts examining the quality of life over time in young adults diagnosed with cancer
  Sharon Batt
• ADV32 – Smart decisions about breast cancer
  Martina Wood
• ADV33 – EmPOWERing research that leverages scientist-survivor collaboration
  Marsha Biven