Yale Cancer Center (YCC) experts are presenting research at the 2026 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, April 17-22 at the San Diego Convention Center.
The meeting is one of the largest gatherings of cancer researchers and clinicians. Yale Cancer Center experts will share findings on patient-centered trials, new methods in pathology, and targeted treatments for head and neck cancers. A poster presentation is titled Humans cannot live by artificial intelligence (AI) alone.
Partial Schedule:
Advancing Patient-Centered Clinical Trials: Bringing Trials to Patients and Patients to Trials
Moderator: Roy Herbst, MD, PhD
Speaker: Pat LoRusso, DO
Humans cannot live by artificial intelligence (AI) alone
Presenting Authors: Kim Blenman, Ondrej Blaha, Sherry Qiu, Kelly Chen, Kiera Spall, Yiran Liu, Madison Williams, Marissa Villa, Valeri Vankov, Kwabena Oteng Agyapong, Di Li, Holly Rushmeier.
Epistasis and Evolution: How Genetic Interactions Shape Cancer Trajectories
Chair and Presenter: Jeffrey Peter Townsend, PhD
Cutting Edge Advances in Hematology
Session Chair: Rong Fan, PhD
Presenting Author: Lajos Pusztai, MD
Presenter: David Rimm, MD, PhD
Presenter: Pat LoRusso, DO
Immune-Genomic Mechanisms and Treatment of Peritoneal Metastases
Presenter: Raghav Sundar, MD, PhD
Advancing Precision Approaches to Head and Neck Cancers
Chair and Presenter: Barbara Burtness, MD
For journalists interested in arranging interviews, please contact lisa.carberg@yale.edu. For a full list of Yale Cancer Center’s upcoming presentations and posters at AACR, visit the conference website.