Partnering with the Cancer Moonshot Initiative
Cancer Moonshot: Reignited
In February 2022, President Biden announced a reignition of the Cancer Moonshot, with a call to action on cancer screening and early detection. The Cancer Support Community was present for the historic announcement at the White House, where he called on patient advocacy organizations, industry, foundations, academia, and healthcare providers to take on the mission of reducing the deadly impact of cancer and improving patient experiences in the diagnosis, treatment, and survival of cancer. The new Cancer Moonshot has goals to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50% over the next 25 years and improve the experience of people and their families living with and surviving cancer.
In early 2016, then-Vice President Biden announced the Cancer Moonshot as a means to increase research funding and accelerate cancer discoveries. The Cancer Support Community and our network partners were proud to host 30 of the 100 Cancer Moonshot summits in our centers across the country. These summits emphasized the need to elevate the patient voice and ensure that patients are educated, empowered and partners in their healthcare.
Moonshot One Year Later
On June 27, 2017, one year after President Obama and Vice President Biden launched the Cancer Moonshot, hundreds of partners convened to assess their accomplishments and understand what barriers they must continue to address. The Cancer Moonshot: One Year Later meeting was held by the Cancer Support Community, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, CancerCare, Friends of Cancer Research, LIVESTRONG Foundation, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, and National Patient Advocate Foundation.