Cancer Moonshot
Biden Cancer Moonshot Announces New Initiatives to Improve Diagnosis, Precision Treatments
The program announced a series of new public and private initiatives and projects designed to support its stated goal of halving the cancer death rate over the next 25 years.
Biden Cancer Moonshot Announces New Projects Focused on Decreasing Cancer Burden in Africa
Programs aim to improve screening tools and adherence, advance new point-of-care diagnostics, and increase access to precision medicine on the continent.
In Brief This Week: SD Biosensors, Meridian, Oncocyte, Opko Health, GeneDx, More
News items for the week of Jan. 30, 2023.
President Biden Jumpstarts Cancer Moonshot Initiative With Goal of Halving Death Rate
The renewal of the ambitious effort includes the reestablishment of direct White House leadership, with a cross-agency cabinet to drive progress in early detection and care equity.
In a keynote to the AMIA Informatics Summit, the NCI director said precision oncology has created new challenges in data analysis and management.
Mar 3, 2021