Meeting Overview
Join the President’s Cancer Panel on June 8–9, 2026, for a 2-day public meeting to explore lifestyle and environmental risk factors for cancers, including early-onset cancers, and identify potential approaches to reduce cancer risk.
A substantial percentage of cancers diagnosed in the United States have been attributed to lifestyle factors—such as tobacco use, excess body weight, diet, heavy alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, and carcinogenic infections—in addition to environmental exposures. Leveraging what we know to prevent cancer presents a significant opportunity for the National Cancer Program. Rising diagnoses of a number of cancer types, including colorectal, breast, uterine, and kidney cancers, among people younger than 50 have created additional urgency to identify and address modifiable cancer risk factors to reduce the national cancer burden.
This meeting is open to the public and will be broadcast live. Please register if you plan to attend in person or virtually. For more information about the event, see details below. You can also connect with the Panel on LinkedIn to stay up to date on Panel activities.
Event Details
Date & time:
Day 1: June 8, 2026 | 8:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT
Day 2: June 9, 2026 | 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. EDT
Location: Rockville, MD
Registration:
Register to attend in person
Register to attend virtually