The 102^nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research occurred in Orlando this year from April 2-5. Over 17,000 researchers from the United States and around the world attended this conference, which focuses on the basic science of cancer.

As president of ACKC President, I attended the meeting as part of AACR’s Scientist-Survivor Program, where cancer advocates attend special lectures, work on projects in a team format, and are paired with cancer researchers to gain insight into the disease, etc. As part of the program, each participant presents a poster at a General Poster Session. Following, is the poster I presented at the conference, plus my summary of some of the sessions, including sessions intended specifically to the Scientist-Survivor Program as well as other general presentations that are of interest to the kidney cancer community.

Reports

• Telomeres and Cancer Prevention
• New Directions in Cancer Research
• Biostatistics: A Framework for Critique
• Translating Cancer Genomics

Kidney Cancer Trends Poster: Incidence, Mortality, Progression, Funding, Comparison with other Cancers