User Clip: Cancer Moonshot-Joe Biden

When President Nixon declared war on cancer in 1971, he had no army, no resources, and no clear strategy to win. But after 45 years of progress, funding research, training scientists and physicians, and treating millions of patients-we now have the army. We now have powerful new tools. And with this Moonshot, we now have a clear strategy for the road ahead. It matters because there's a consensus that we're at an inflection point-with science, medicine, and technology advancing faster than ever and offering real promise. But we can't play by the rules of 1971-in 2016. close