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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.
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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 decade ...
- Speeches, Footage, and Dispatches from Dec. 23, 1971
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- Remarks of The President at The Signing of The Cancer Act of 1971
Fifty years ago, President Nixon interrupted Christmas festivities to sign the National Cancer Act of 1971into law. Fifty years later, we invite you to immerse yourself in that day to reflect on how far we’ve come. Speaking surrounded by holly and Christmas cheer in the State Dining Room, Nixon declared, “I hope that in the years ahead that we look...
PRESIDENT NIXON: Hope and comfort, the relief of suffering and the affirmation of life itself—these are qualities which have traditionally been associated with the Christmas season. There could be no more appropriate time than this to sign into law the National Cancer Act of 1971. For this legislation—perhaps more than any legislation I have signed...
THE PRESIDENT:Members of the Senate, Members of the House, Ladies and Gentlemen: We are here today for the purpose of signing the Cancer Act of 1971. I hope that in the years ahead that we look back on this day and this action shown as being the most significant action taken during this Administration. It could be, because when we consider what can...
Dec 10, 2021 · On December 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law. At that time, cancer was the nation’s second leading cause of death; only about one of two people diagnosed with cancer survived at least 5 years—compared with two of three people diagnosed with the disease today.
On December 23, 1971, President Richard Nixon launched what was the greatest scientific assault on disease in the history of the United States when he signed the National Cancer Act of 1971.
Sep 21, 2016 · Nearly 45 years after President Richard Nixon signed the bill that would be called his War on Cancer, cancer is still right behind heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States. Just a decade after the bill became law, critics were calling it a failure.
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Tomorrow, December 23, marks four decades since President Nixon put his pen to paper and signed into law the National Cancer Act of 1971, which marks one of the most important and imperishable legacies of his Administration.
