The American Cancer Society 2026 Trailblazers in Cancer Summit brings together leaders across healthcare, research, life sciences, policy, and business to explore the next era of cancer innovation. The event serves as a platform to highlight trends such as groundbreaking research including innovation leveraging AI, early detection technologies, precision medicine and care, while emphasizing the urgent need to ensure equitable access to these advances.
Through fireside conversations, a keynote address, and recognition of trailblazers in the field, the Trailblazers in Cancer Summit demonstrates the American Cancer Society’s leadership at the intersection of science, innovation, access, and advocacy.
The mission of the American Cancer Society is to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
The Trailblazers in Cancer Summit offers an opportunity to raise your paddle and support the work of ACS.
For more than 10 decades, the American Cancer Society has been dedicated to pursuing better outcomes for every cancer, every life. Today, more people are surviving cancer than ever before, but there is still work to be done. Join us, support us, and help us end cancer as we know it, for everyone.
towards cancer research
winning scientists received research funding
through all patient support initiatives in 2024
Cancer affects everyone but not equally. Many barriers can impact a person’s ability to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer, with racism and discrimination making it even more difficult to address social determinants of health. A person’s quality of life and cancer outcomes can be determined by their ZIP code, education, income, access to health care and healthy and affordable foods, and other variables outside their control. These barriers are deeply rooted, long-standing inequities at all levels of society that will take an intentional effort to address for equitable cancer outcomes.
To ACS, and its non-profit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate, the ACS Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN℠), health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
