In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama called for America to become “the country that cures cancer once and for all.” As a three-time cancer survivor (metastatic colon, metastatic melanoma and metastatic prostate), I can tell you that this “moonshot,” as Vice President Joe Bidenfirst called it, is a bold goal—but one within our grasp. Last week’s report from the American Cancer Society shows that cancer mortality is down more than 20% over the past 20 years. Many patients are living longer thanks to better...
US Privacy regulations are hampering the war on cancer, according to this Wall Street Journal opinion piece, with laws such as HIPAA causing a host of issues for researchers. The article is written by Dr. David Gorski, an oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and was published online Monday morning. To truly beat cancer, it will be necessary to harness the big data generated by patients, personalising the treatment and taking into account a patient's familial, genetic and personal characteristics.