Opportunities to Achieve President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Goal of Reducing Cancer Death Rates in the U.S.
, by Jennifer K. Loukissas, M.P.P.
Meredith Shiels, Ph.D., M.H.S., senior investigator in the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Dr. Neal Freedman, and colleagues at the NCI, outlined opportunities for achieving President Biden and First Lady Biden’s Cancer Moonshot℠ national goal of reducing the cancer death rate by at least 50% over the next 25 years. Their paper, published April 17, 2023, in Cancer Discovery, concluded that achieving this goal will require increased access to and use of interventions known to prevent common causes of cancer death.
The findings were summarized in a press release on the NCI website.
Reference
Shiels M et al. Opportunities for Achieving the Cancer Moonshot Goal of a 50% Reduction in Age-Adjusted Cancer Mortality by 2047. Cancer Discovery. 2023.