President Joe Biden gave a much-needed boost of hope to all those impacted by cancer by reigniting the Cancer Moonshot program and renewing the national effort to “end cancer as we know it.”
In May, the White House convened the Cancer Moonshot Goals Forum to highlight work supporting a key pillar of this Moonshot: reducing the cancer death rate by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years. It is a bold but attainable goal, given recent advancements in the field.
But achieving this laudable goal requires change beyond the breakthrough cancer treatments and innovation we’re seeing in the labs. We must embrace a new model for care delivery that enables more people to access optimal cancer care. Without challenging the status quo and addressing barriers that restrict access, this Moonshot goal will simply not be possible.
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