Cancer Moonshot

UC San Diego researcher Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, likes to think of it as a “literal cancer moonshot.”

Do you ever wonder what cancer incidence and death rates will be 20 to 30 years from now?

SAN FRANCISCO — The newly reignited Cancer Moonshot is centered on the goal to reduce cancer deaths by 50% over the next 25 years.

Years ago, Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, made a decision that would guide her future:

President Joe Biden recently announced Renee WegrzynPhD, as the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.

President Joe Biden today detailed two new initiatives related to his administration’s cancer moonshot.

National Cancer Institute Director Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, MD, announced Monday that he will step down from the position after nearly 5 years, according to an NCI press release.

Arif Kamal, MD, MBA, MHS, chief patient officer at American Cancer Society, spoke with Healio about two national roundtables the society will launch to drive progress against breast cancer and cervical cancer.

In this episode, Richard L. Schilsky, FSCT, FASCO, FACP, MD, discusses his involvement with ASCO, ideas for making a more equitable health care system and thoughts on the current state of oncology.

Bitcoin mining, as well as managing other cryptocurrencies, can serve as an ancillary income stream for physicians, according to Sanjeev Bhatia, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon at Northwestern Medicine.