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Jan 1, 2020 · In fact, a “War on Cancer” was launched in 1971, when President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law. The aim of this legislation, which greatly increased funding for cancer research, was nothing short of the eradication of cancer.
May 25, 2021 · May 25, 2021. By the time President Richard M. Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law on December 23, 1971, cancer had become the nation’s second leading cause of death; only about one of two people diagnosed with cancer survived at least 5 years—compared to two of three people diagnosed with the disease today. 1 Throughout the ...
KEYWORDS: history, investigator- initiated grant, National Cancer Act, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Cancer Program. On December 23, 1971, President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law. This was the end of a long political process and the beginning of another.
The half a century campaign to eliminate cancer reveals at least two important public health lessons that must be heeded for the next 50 years of the war against the disease-(1) recognizing the limits of behaviour control and (2) recognizing the significance of rate (of ageing) control.
- Colin Farrelly
- 2021
This legislation was an amendment to the Public Health Service Act of 1944 and represented the US commitment to what President Nixon described as the “war on cancer,” which had become the nation’s second leading cause of death by 1970.
Dec 7, 2021 · On December 23, 1971, President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law. This was the end of a long political process and the beginning of another.
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Mar 4, 2022 · When President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act on Dec. 23, 1971, he declared war on cancer. A half-century later, debate over what constitutes victory continues, said Dr. Robin W. Scheffler during a recent NIH Biomedical History Lecture.
