The Annual Research and Policy Breakfast is the flagship event of ACS CAN and an opportunity to bring our community together experts in policy, research, and patient care. 2025 presents a pivotal moment as we work together on critical campaigns like safeguarding access to Medicaid, ending the sale of menthol cigarettes & flavored tobacco products, access to biomarker testing, and protecting and increasing research funding from Congress for the National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Health.
Join us for a full breakfast with special speakers along with a panel of cancer experts here in Washington State. The research and policy breakfast event brings together leaders in the community to dive into the ground breaking research taking place here in Washington State and learn more about specific policy issues cancer patients in Washington face to arm ourselves with the knowledge needed to focus our shared efforts to orient and advance the cancer advocacy world to key priorities with Congress and in the upcoming 2026 WA State legislative session.
We are honored to welcome two distinguished speakers: Dr. Nancy Davidson, Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer at Fred Hutch, an internationally recognized breast cancer oncologist whose research has transformed treatment standards; and Dr. Mary (Nora) Disis, Director of the Cancer Vaccine Institute at the University of Washington, a pioneer in cancer immunotherapy whose work developing cancer vaccines and T-cell therapies is shaping the future of care.
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SpeakersThe American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) advocates for evidence-based public policies to reduce the cancer burden for everyone. We engage our volunteers across the country to make their voices heard by policymakers at every level of government. We believe everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
Since 2001, as the American Cancer Society’s nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures.
We stand with our volunteers—people whose lives have been impacted by cancer—rallying to demand change. Together, we’re working to make cancer a top priority for public officials and candidates at the federal, state, and local levels. By engaging advocates across the country to make their voices heard, ACS CAN influences legislative and regulatory solutions that will end cancer as we know it, for everyone.
Learn MoreFor more than 2 decades, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network has been dedicated to pursing 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.
Protected and secured $4.8 billion in state appropriations through advocacy to help fund cancer research and programs that reduce the tobacco burden and increase access to screenings.
Held the tobacco industry responsible for decades of public deceit through a requirement for companies to post truthful statements about their deadly products at nearly 220,000 retail outlets nationwide.
Expand insurance coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing in over 20 states and counting.