The initiative initially launched in 2016 while President Biden was vice president. The new “all-hands-on-deck” program aims to reestablish cancer care leadership in the White House; form a White House Cancer Cabinet; issue a call to action on cancer screening and early detection; host a White House Cancer Moonshot Summit; and build on a White House cancer roundtable conversation series.
Biden revives Cancer Moonshot program
President Joe Biden is relaunching Cancer Moonshot, a program to reduce cancer deaths by 50 percent over the next 25 years and improve the experience of living with and surviving cancer, the White House said Feb. 2.