MEDIA ALERT

WHAT: 2013 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, September 29 – October 1, convenes AACI cancer center directors and executive-level administrators with leaders of national cancer research and advocacy groups, industry, and government health agencies to develop solutions to common challenges and to share best practices. This year’s meeting program includes panel discussions on precision oncology, the costs of cancer care, drug development, clinical research management and federal and state support for cancer research.

WHO: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, keynote address on “Health Care Reform and the Nation’s Cancer Centers”

WHEN: Monday, September 30, 9:30 AM

WHERE: Mandarin Oriental Hotel 1330 Maryland Ave, SW Washington, D.C.

About AACIRepresenting 95 of the nation’s premier academic and free-standing cancer research centers, the Association of American Cancer Institutes is dedicated to promoting leading research institutions' efforts to eradicate cancer through a comprehensive and multidisciplinary program of cancer research, treatment, patient care, prevention, education and community outreach.

Note: More information about the 2013 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting is available at AACI’s website, http://www.aaci-cancer.org/annual_meeting/index.asp