The US Cancer Moonshot initiative

• Published in: The lancet oncology Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. e178 - e180
• Main Authors: Aelion, C Marjorie, Airhihenbuwa, Collins O, Alemagno, Sonia, Amler, Robert W, Arnett, Donna K, Balas, Andrew, Bertozzi, Stefano, Blakely, Craig H, Boerwinkle, Eric, Brandt-Rauf, Paul, Buekens, Pierre M, Chandler, G Thomas, Chang, Rowland W, Clark, Jane E, Cleary, Paul D, Curran, James W, Curry, Susan J, Roux, Ana V Diez, Dittus, Robert, Ellerbeck, Edward F, El-Mohandes, Ayman, Eriksen, Michael P, Erwin, Paul C, Evans, Gregory, Finnegan, John R, Fried, Linda P, Frumkin, Howard, Galea, Sandro, Goff, David C, Goldman, Lynn R, Guilarte, Tomas R, Rivera-Gutiérrez, Ralph, Halverson, Paul K, Hand, Gregory A, Harris, Cynthia M, Healton, Cheryl G, Hennig, Nils, Heymann, Jody, Hunter, David, Hwang, Wenke, Jones, Resa M, Klag, Michael J, Klesges, Lisa M, Lahey, Tim, Lawlor, Edward F, Maddock, Jay, Martin, William J, Mazzaschi, Anthony J, Michael, Max, Mohammed, Shan D, Nasca, Philip C, Nash, David, Ogunseitan, Oladele A, Perez, Ronald A, Perri, Michael, Petersen, Donna J, Peterson, Darleen V, Philbert, Martin, Pinto-Martin, Jennifer, Raczynski, James M, Raskob, Gary E, Rimer, Barbara K, Rohrbach, Louise Ann, Rudkin, Laura L, Siminoff, Laura, Szapocznik, José, Thombs, Dennis, Torabi, Mohammad R, Weiler, Robert M, Wetle, Terrie Fox, Williams, Phillip L, Wykoff, Randy, Ying, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2016; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Biomedical Research; Cancer; Government Agencies - trends; Health risk assessment; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Humans; Mortality; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Neoplasms - therapy; Public health; Public Health - trends; United States
• ISSN: 1470-2045; 1474-5488
• DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30054-7

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