Logo: SPRING 2024, CANCER POLICY ROUNDTABLE, MARCH 28

Cancer Policy Roundtable

March 28, 2024 | 8:30 AM ET – 3:00 PM ET

Conrad – Washington, DC

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NCCS’s bi-annual Cancer Policy Roundtable (CPR) convenes stakeholders in the cancer community to discuss pressing issues related to cancer research, development of new cancer therapies, and the delivery of quality cancer care. Participants include cancer survivors, advocates, providers, payers, researchers, government officials, and industry representatives.

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Meeting Agenda

Note: Session times subject to change.

  • 8:30 AM – Registration and Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM – Survivor Perspective
    • Liza Fues, JD
      Cancer Survivor and CPAT Member
      George Washington University Cancer Center
  • 9:30 AM – Cancer Patients are Getting Younger — Implications for Research, Treatment, and Survivorship Care
    Panel Discussion

    • Otis Brawley, MD
      Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    • Kathleen Castro, MS, RN, AOCN
      National Cancer Institute
    • Andrea Hans
      Breast Cancer Survivor
    • Robin Yabroff, PhD, MBA
      American Cancer Society
  • 11:00 AM – Break

  • 11:15 AM – State Prescription Drug Affordability Boards
    Panel Discussion

    • Rev. Dr. Sandra Conner
      Maryland Health Care for All
    • Patrick Plues
      Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
    • Andrew York, JD, PharmD
      Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board
  • 12:15 PM – Lunch
  • 1:00 PM – Keynote Address: The Promise of Vaccines for Breast Cancer

    • Kristen Dahlgren
      Co-Founder, The Pink Eraser Project
  • 2:00 PM – Providing Every Cancer Patient a Navigator — Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Codes for Calendar Year 2024
    • Karen Hagerty, MD
      American Society of Clinical Oncology
    • Kashyap Patel, MD
      Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates
    • Jason Resendez
      National Alliance for Caregiving


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Cancer Policy Roundtable Spring 2024

(as of 3/15/2024)

CPR Spring 2024 Sponsors upper tier: Genentech, Gilead Oncology, Merck, Pfizer

2024 Spring CPR Sponsor Logos: Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, Genmab, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Lilly, Pharmacyclics, Sanofi