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ACCC applauds President Biden for renewing the Cancer Moonshot and setting the ambitious goals of reducing cancer mortality while improving the experience of patients living with cancer.

ACCC joined nearly 100 provider and patient organizations in supporting President Biden’s renewed Cancer Moonshot and its efforts to advance cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, and research. The letter asks Congress to provide necessary funding for the Moonshot’s initiatives.

Read how the Cancer Moonshot aims to improve 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.

On Sept. 21, the Biden Cancer Initiative Summit convened in Washington, D.C., and was joined by 450 community summits across the country to bring together those who work to improve the cancer experience for patients and caregivers.

On January 12, 2016, President Obama used his State of the Union address to announce that Vice President Biden would be leading a national moonshot to end cancer as we know it.