Beyond the Fight: Why President Biden's Cancer Moonshot Must Include Palliative Care
This month, an opinion piece was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, in response to President Biden's recent announcement of the reboot of the Cancer Moonshot. The writers, which include CAPC's Diane E. Meier, MD, call out that while the goals of the Moonshot are ambitious and the announcement is welcome, the essential element of palliative care is missing. "[It] is an essential arm of how we improve the experience of living with and surviving cancer."