AACR Annual Meeting 2026 Press Program
The American Association for Cancer Research is hosting its 117th Annual Meeting from April 17-22, 2026, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
The AACR Annual Meeting is the focal point of the cancer research community. This year’s meeting, to be held April 17-22, will offer approximately 22,000 researchers, physicians, and advocates from around the world an opportunity to share and discuss the latest advances in basic, translational, and clinical cancer research and cancer-related population sciences.
To help reporters plan coverage of the meeting, the AACR prepared the following press program.
PRESS CONFERENCE 1
AACR Annual Meeting Clinical Trials Committee Cochair Jayesh Desai, MD, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, moderated the first press conference.
- Presented by Byoung Chul Cho, MD, PhD, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine
- Presented by Jonathan W. Riess, MD, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Presented by Tao Zhu, MD, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital