Live Updates From the AACR Annual Meeting 2026: Tuesday, April 20
Welcome to another exciting day at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026! Today’s schedule includes a Plenary Session on early-onset cancers, the final Clinical Trials Plenary Session, and more. Be sure to keep checking back for live updates throughout the day.
If you missed our previous days’ live coverage of the meeting, catch up here:
Live Coverage
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6:15 a.m. – More Meet-the-Expert Sessions
After yesterday’s two Meet-the-Expert Sessions, attendees will have the opportunity today to engage with another four cancer research luminaries:
- Christopher R. Flowers, MD, MS, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, who will discuss multidimensional approaches that aid in determining the cells of origin and other characteristics of interest for large B-cell lymphoma;
- Kurt Schalper, MD, PhD, of Yale School of Medicine, who will explore methods for preventing T cells from abetting in tumoral adaptive immune evasion;
- Daniel S.W. Tan, PhD, of the National Cancer Centre Singapore, who will examine ways to improve clinical trials’ responsiveness to understanding drug resistance; and
- Maria A. Blasco, PhD, of the Spanish National Cancer Center, who will cover the phosphorylation dynamics at play in telomere conservation and maintenance.
Each session with begin at 5 p.m. Learn more about what you can expect in AACR Annual Meeting News.
