The Cancer MOONSHOT Blue Ribbon Panel Report

September 7, 2016 – The Blue Ribbon Panel report presented to the National Cancer Advisory Board describing its 10 transformative research recommendations for achieving the Cancer Moonshot’s goal of making a decade’s worth of cancer research progress in 5 years. When implemented, the recommendations will advance critical areas of research to prevent and treat cancer. Their recommendations include:

1. Establish a network for direct patient involvement
2. Create a clinical trials network devoted exclusively to immunotherapy
3. Develop ways to overcome resistance to therapy
4. Build a national cancer data ecosystem
5. Intensify research on the major drivers of childhood cancers
6. Minimize cancer treatment’s debilitating side effects
7. Expand use of proven prevention and early detection strategies
8. Mine past patient data to predict future patient outcomes
9. Develop a 3D cancer atlas
10. Develop new cancer technologies

Read more at:

http://www.cancer.gov/research/key-initiatives/moonshot-cancer-initiative/blue-ribbon-panel

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