The Impact of The Cancer Moonshot For Patients

In February, President Biden reignited his Cancer Moonshot with two visionary goals: To cut the death rate from cancer by at least 50% over the next 25 years, and to “improve the experience of people and their families living with and surviving cancer.” As an oncologist and a primary care physician who’ve both worked in the cancer field for decades (one of whom is also a cancer survivor), we know that the second aim, which might seem more mundane and less technically audacious, will likely be just as difficult to achieve as the first. And its impact on the Moonshot’s ultimate success will be more important than many realize.