War on cancer, take two.

PREVENTION of obesity; SMOKING prevention; TUMOR genetics; TUMOR prevention; HEALTH policy; CLINICAL medicine; EVALUATION of medical care; MEDICAL research; PREVENTIVE health services; TUMORS; UNITED States. Food & Drug Administration; HEALTH insurance reimbursement; DRUG approval

The author describes U.S. government efforts in financing research for cancer diagnosis and treatment since the approval of the National Cancer Act by then U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1971. Topics discussed include the research efforts enabled cancer mortality rate in the U.S. to fall by 23 percent since 1991, the moonshot approach in cancer research advancements ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama, and flaws in financing cancer research like bureaucracy in pathway management.