National Cancer Plan outlines eight goals, strategies to achieve Biden’s Moonshot vision
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HHS on Monday released the National Cancer Plan, which includes eight goals and strategies to prevent cancer, reduce related mortality and improve the lives of people living with the disease.
NCI developed the plan as a framework for collaboration among federal government agencies and all members of society to achieve the goal of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden’s Cancer Moonshot and “end cancer as we know it today,” according to the plan.
“The president’s Cancer Moonshot has galvanized the goal of advancing the fight against cancer,” NCI director Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, said in a press release. “The National Cancer Plan is a vision and a roadmap for how we can make faster progress against this all-too-common disease. By working together, we can achieve the Cancer Moonshot goal of reducing the cancer death rate by 50% within 25 years.”
The eight goals listed in the plan include:
- prevent cancer;
- detect cancers early;
- develop effective treatments;
- eliminate inequities;
- deliver optimal care;
- engage every person;
- maximize data utility; and
- optimize the workforce.
Strategies include pursuit of new cancer prevention vaccines, development of new imaging technologies for early detection, more aggressive and equitable transition of promising treatments from initial discovery to clinical trials, support of initiatives to increase representation of all populations in cancer research, establishment of a unified “Cancer Research Data Ecosystem” and elimination of barriers that face individuals historically underrepresented in or excluded from the cancer research workforce.
The plan concludes with a call for collaboration among all stakeholders.
“To succeed in ending cancer as we know it, we must apply the knowledge gained through research at many levels throughout our complex society,” the plan states. “NCI stands ready to work with partners across the federal government and beyond to accomplish more together than we can separately. People with cancer are counting on us.”
References:
- HHS releases National Cancer Plan (press release). Available at: www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/04/03/hhs-releases-national-cancer-plan.html. Published April 3, 2023. Accessed April 3, 2023.
- National Cancer Plan. Available at: nationalcancerplan.cancer.gov/national-cancer-plan.pdf. Published April 3, 2023. Accessed April 3, 2023.
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