AACR Patient Advocate Forum
From Discovery to Survivorship: Technology’s Role in Beating Cancer
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
1-2:30 p.m. ET
Virtual
registerThe AACR Virtual Patient Advocate Forum will explore how advanced technologies are transforming cancer care, with a focused lens on immunotherapy, precision oncology, imaging, and survivorship. Building on the February 2023 Forum, The Impact of Advanced Technologies on Cancer Research, this session will highlight how innovations in these areas are driving unprecedented progress in understanding, diagnosing, and treating cancer. Advocates will hear from experts on how cutting-edge tools are revealing new biological insights and enabling more personalized, effective interventions. The Forum will also emphasize how these technologies are shaping the patient experience across the continuum of care—from diagnosis through survivorship.
MODERATOR
Anna D. Barker, PhD, FAACR, Ellison Medical Institute, Los Angeles, CA
SPEAKERS
Garry Nolan, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Reva K. Basho, MD, Ellison Medical Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Angela M. Belcher, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Cheryl L. Willman, MD, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rochester, MN
AACR Patient Advocate Forums
The AACR is committed to providing educational programming to patients with cancer and patient advocacy communities to support their collective mission to find cures for all cancers. AACR Virtual Patient Advocate Forums invite leaders from patient advocacy, academia, industry, and healthcare communities to discuss pressing topics and the latest discoveries in cancer research. These virtual forums are provided quarterly at no cost to attendees and open to the public.
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