Becker's Healthcare April 3, 2023
HHS has released a national cancer plan, developed by the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute, that aims to “reduce the cancer death rate by at least half within 25 years,” which is the goal of President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative.
The plan centers around eight goals to achieve the Cancer Moonshot’s reduced death rate and improve experiences nationwide for cancer patients and their families.
“The National Cancer Plan is a vision and a roadmap for how we can make faster progress against this all-too-common disease,” Monica Bertagnolli, MD, director of the National Cancer Institute, said in an April 3 press statement.
The National Cancer Plans’...