What Biden's Presidency Will Mean for Cancer

Cancer Discov. 2021 Mar;11(3):527-528. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-ND2021-0101. Epub 2021 Jan 20.

Abstract

As vice president, Joe Biden was the cancer advocate-in-chief. As president, he has a different public health crisis to deal with-COVID-19-but given Biden's passion for cancer research, many expect he will build on the previous Moonshot initiative with another push to accelerate the pace of progress in cancer control.

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Research / economics*
  • Biomedical Research / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • COVID-19 / economics
  • Financing, Government
  • Government Programs / organization & administration
  • Health Policy*
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Organizational Objectives
  • Pandemics
  • Politics*
  • Research Support as Topic
  • United States