On February 2, 2022, President Biden announced plans to revamp the federal Cancer Moonshot program he spearheaded in 2016, with a goal of reducing the cancer death rate by at least 50% over the next 25 years and improving the experience of people and their families living with and surviving cancer by increasing cancer screenings, increasing access to clinical trials, and investing in new treatments, among other initiatives.
To help in this effort, ACCC made available to the White House resources and tools from its member programs, with a specific focus on cancer prevention for underserved and marginalized patient populations. Read More.
On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, leaders from the patient and caregiver community, foundations, non-profits, companies, healthcare providers, and others came together at the White House and virtually at the “Cancer Moonshot: Goals Forum.” In September, ACCC was again invited to attend and participate in ongoing Moonshot activities, this time in Boston at the Kennedy Library. Lekan Ajayi, PharmD, MBA, ACCC's President-Elect attended the session in Boston.
The President and First Lady announced a call to action on cancer screening to jumpstart progress on the nearly 10 million screenings in the United States that were missed as a result of the pandemic.
ACCC was identified by the White House as one of the five private sector actions in response to the goal of Bringing Cancer Screening to More Communities for its efforts to create the “Rural Appalachian Lung Cancer Screening Initiative." Read more on whitehouse.gov.
As Cancer Moonshot reignites, ACCC will continue to support the White House and leverage the expertise and resources of its member programs to achieve equitable quality care for all patients with cancer and their families. Stay tuned for ways you can get involved!
To obtain an on-the-ground perspective of how cancer programs’ screening and outreach education efforts are recovering from pandemic pressures, the ACCCBuzz blog spoke to four cancer programs in January 2022 for “The Long Road to Recovery: A Snapshot of Cancer Screening in the U.S.”
Read what these ACCC member programs across the country are doing today to improve equitable screening and outreach.
