Biden administration building on Cancer Moonshot efforts with goals forum Wednesday
CNN
The White House is convening leaders from across President Joe Biden's administration, the private sector, academia and the health care industry on Wednesday for a Cancer Moonshot Goals Forum, highlighting efforts toward reducing cancer-related deaths and improving patient outcomes overall.
The issue is personal to Biden, who launched the Cancer Moonshot following the death of his son Beau Biden. The President re-ignited the efforts earlier this year.
The goal of the forum, the White House said in a fact sheet obtained first by CNN, "is to identify impactful steps to: (1) improve cancer screening; (2) enhance prevention; (3) address inequities; (4) target effective treatments to patients; (5) develop approaches for deadly and rare cancers, including childhood cancers; (6) support patients, survivors, and caregivers; and (7) learn more from people living with cancer."
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