In early February, President Joe Biden announced that he is supercharging the Cancer Moonshot program to accelerate progress against cancer and save lives. The ambitious, jumpstarted Cancer Moonshot aims to reduce the U.S. death rate due to cancer by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years, and to improve the lives of all Americans living with and surviving cancer.

The recharged Cancer Moonshot calls for a bipartisan across-the-board, all-hands-on-deck U.S. effort, which includes establishing a “Cancer Cabinet” consisting of the heads of major government agencies. Biden is asking Congress to approve $6 billion net new money to advance promising new treatments.

In a press briefing in early February, Candace Johnson, PhD, the President and CEO of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center discussed the reinvigorated Moonshots program with Congressman Brian Higgins (D-NY 26th District). Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will benefit from the newly announced federal Cancer Moonshot Initiative and Representative Brian Higgins said the center was selected because of its extraordinary background in cancer research and treatment.