2026 Asian American Cancer and Diabetes Health Symposium
Asian American Families and Cultures Shaping Healthier Futures Beyond Cancer, Diabetes, and Tobacco
On Saturday, May 23, 2026, the American Cancer Society, City of Hope, and the Lions Club will host a free Cancer Health Symposium at City of Hope’s Aygros Auditorium (1500 E Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA 91010). The symposium will focus on advancing cancer prevention, improving survivorship care, and strengthening tobacco prevention and control efforts. The event will be open to the public and live-streamed on YouTube to ensure broader community access.
Registration is required.
Highlighted Activities:
- Health Resources Fair from 12 to 1 pm Pacific Standard Time (City of Hope Cooper Auditorium, Duarte, California)
- Youth Media Contest Gallery (City of Hope Cooper Auditorium, Duarte, California)
- Cancer Experts Talk from 1 to 4:30 pm Pacific Standard Time, will be live-streamed via YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/Watch-2026 AsianHealthSymposium
- Cancer survivors’ perspectives
- Free refreshment
- Raffle drawings
- Join a Watch Party
The symposium will be conducted in English and live-treamed with simultaneous Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, and Hindi interpretations.
Please remember to bring your charged headset and phone to access the in-language interpretation channels during the event.
Event Parking Map: https://tinyurl.com/2024COH-Parking
Symposium Topics:
- Asian American Health Care Landscape: Challenges, Innovation, and Advocacy
- Breast cancer statistics among Asian Americans, Risk Factors, Lifestyle, Prevention in General Population and High Risk, and Screening
- Advancing Stem Cell Transplants for Severe Aplastic Anemia: Bridging the Donor Gap in Asian Populations
- Understanding Unique Risk Profiles and Advancing Early Detection of Diabetes in Asian Americans
- Foods as Medicine to Prevent and Manage Cancer and Diabetes
- Progress Report on Pancreatic Cancer
- Improving access to cancer care and research participation among underserved populations, including Asian Americans
- Exploring how evolving healthcare and tobacco trends impact community health and prevention efforts
Event Parking Map: https://tinyurl.com/2024COH-Parking
Watch live at this link: https://tinyurl.com/Watch-2025AsianHealthSymposium
