[Does a cancer moonshot make sense?].
The recently announced "Cancer moonshot" may be greeted with scepticism: the previous "War on cancer" (1971) was not very successful. However the current plan seems well targeted, with emphasis not only on research investment but also on a strong effort to "break down silos" and ensure wide dissemination and use of clinical and molecular data. One big uncertainty, however, is what will happen to the programme after the 2016 presidential election… ‡.
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