Queen Letizia attended a working meeting with the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), of which she is the permanent honorary president. The AECC (Spanish Association Against Cancer) is a non-profit and private social entity that was founded in 1953. The AECC has been the reference entity in the fight against cancer for 66 years. Today, it is the social and private entity that allocates the largest funds to cancer research in Spain.