​From April 25 – 30, ACS will participate in the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. The meeting is the focal point of the cancer research community, where scientists, clinicians, other health care professionals, survivors, patients, and advocates gather to share the latest advances in cancer science and medicine. ACS team members will be there to discuss the latest breakthroughs, make connections, and forge collaborations. 

Four team members will be sharing poster presentations:

• Global burden and trends in cancer incidence and mortality among young adults – Kieran Patrick Kelly
• Associations of smoking with the risk of second primary cancer in adults with a history of various cancer types – Hyuna Sung
• Use of large language models for clinical data abstraction from oncologic medical records – Jillian Nelson
• Differences in complete screening adherence across age, income, and education groups – Kierstin Faw

In addition, ACS on Tuesday, April 29, will recognize Loic Le Marchand, MD, PhD, associate director for population sciences at the University of Hawai’i Cancer Center, as this year’s AACR/ACS award winner for outstanding research in cancer epidemiology and prevention. The AACR and ACS established the award in 1992 to honor outstanding research accomplishments in cancer epidemiology, biomarkers, and prevention.