HHS releases national plan to achieve Cancer Moonshot goal聽
The Department of Health and Human Services April 3 released a to advance the fight against cancer, which includes strategies to prevent cancer, detect cancers early, develop effective treatments, eliminate inequities, engage people in cancer research, deliver optimal care, maximize data utility and optimize the cancer care and research workforce.
鈥淭he National Cancer Plan is a vision and a roadmap for how we can make faster progress against this all-too-common disease,鈥 Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health鈥檚 National Cancer Institute. 鈥淏y working together, we can achieve the Cancer Moonshot goal of reducing the cancer death rate by 50% within 25 years.鈥
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