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Cancer “Moonshot” Program Comes Into Focus

The White House plan to mobilize anti-cancer efforts calls for more immunotherapy treatment, better coordination among researchers and a harder push for existing cancer prevention strategies.

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center launched the Moon Shots Program on September 21, 2012.
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman

The White House plan to mobilize anti-cancer efforts calls for more immunotherapy treatment, better coordination among researchers and a harder push for existing cancer prevention strategies. (Science News)

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