The White House is announcing hundreds of millions of dollars in private and government investment in hopes of cutting cancer deaths in half.
President Joe Biden will announce new actions as part of his cancer moonshot goal of reducing the cancer death rate in the U.S. by half by 2047.
The White House also said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investing $15 million in programs to reduce the impact of menthol and other tobacco products. There will also be programs to increase smoking cessation resources for underserved communities. "This initiative will pioneer prototype technologies capable of seamlessly searching cancer datasets to reveal opportunities for groundbreaking disease detection, prevention, and treatment, reduce the time needed to integrate new data sources from months to days, and improve data usability by the research community — so we can break down existing data silos and learn from the experiences of more patients," the White House said.
Earlier this year, the American Cancer Society noted that cancer mortality rates have dropped 33% in the U.S. since 1991, averting an estimated 3.8 million cancer deaths.
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