Cancer survivors and patient advocates provide valuable insight throughout the research continuum to inform scientific discovery, public policy, and clinical research. To encourage participation in research, AACR offers patient advocates and cancer survivors several resources, tools, and opportunities, such as presenting AACR Patient Advocate Abstracts at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023 Poster Sessions.

Patient advocates who work or volunteer for a not-for-profit cancer patient advocacy organization may submit an abstract to the Annual Meeting. This poster session aims to highlight the impact of patient advocates and their work with concrete examples of working with the scientific community.

Featured below are the participants and their posters presented during the 2023 AACR Annual Meeting:

• AJ Merriweather: Early detection saves lives: I survived, and you can too: Any day above ground is a good day
• Aki A. Smith: Stomach cancer patient advocacy and education: Bridging the gap in disparity
• Brooke M. Hensel: Community cancer scientist program: A model for community member advocacy for cancer research
• Cherie D. Bates: Identifying factors that affect barriers to lymphoma treatment during the COVID – 19 pandemic
• Dottington Fullwood: iCCaRe Social determinants of health navigation, psycho-oncology, and emotional support for Black prostate cancer survivors: Review of current practices
• Echo L. Warner: Inequity in cancer crowdfunding among LGTBQ+ cancer survivors
• Folakemi T. Odedina: Increasing clinical trials diversity through Community Research Registry (CoRR) The Community Champions for clinical trials program
• Grace McCarthy: A community led approach to addressing disparities in pancreatic cancer care for Native Americans in Oregon
• Janet Brishke: Using empathy-driven instructional design to reimagine cancer research
• Karlyne Reilly: My Pediatric and Adult Rare Tumor Network (MyPART): integrating longitudinal, clinical, molecular, and patient reported outcomes for rare tumors
• Katherine A. Janeway: The Osteosarcoma and Leiomyosarcoma Count Me In Projects of the Cancer Moonshot funded PE-CGS Network directly engage patient participants in genomics research
• Kimberly Lynn Newcomer: Advocacy organizations as critical players in the research ecosystem, A case study in the value and use of real world evidence
• Kimlin Ashing: Community Outreach and Engagement to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Ethnic Minority Communities
• Lauren Bates: Research Ready graphic-style story to support future research participation among adolescents
• Laurie Minns: Spouse caregivers of patients with glioblastoma report unmet needs throughout the disease trajectory
• Lourdes A. Baezconde_Garbanati: Cancer Wellness Hubs: A pop-up information model to reduce cancer disparities in medically-underserved, minority communities
• Lourdes A. Baezconde-Garbanati: Effectiveness of Community Outreach / Engagement and Faith-based Strategies among African American and African Nationals to Increase Cancer Clinical Trials Participation using a Culturally Tailored Educational Manual
• Marjory Charlot: Research team perspectives on engaging Black patients with cancer in biospecimen research
• Marjory Charlot: “Simply ask and explain”: perspectives from Black patients with lung cancer on strategies to address racial disparities in biospecimen research participation
• Melinda Butsch Kovacic: Undergraduate cancer research scholars’ community field experiences encourage community engagement to curb future disparities in the cancer workforce
• Nadine Jackson McCleary: Persistent patient barriers to genomic testing in ambulatory oncology
• Namoonga M. Mantina: Multifaceted approach to engaging basic cancer scientists in community-based research
• Sarah Been: Community cancer research advocates: helping underrepresented minority groups become research ready
• Seo Yun Kim: The mediating effects of socio-behavioral factors on the needs for help among Asian American breast cancer survivors
• Stephanie Grover: A pan-Canadian precision oncology program for children, adolescents and young adults with hard-to-cure cancer: The PRecision Oncology For Young peopLE (PROFYLE) Program
• Ying Wang: Postdiagnosis adherence to American Cancer Society cancer prevention guidelines and mortality among survivors of obesity-related cancers