During his State of the Union address President Barack Obama announced the establishment of a new initiative to accelerate cancer research called Cancer Moonshot. The initiative comes with a billion dollar pledge and is being led by Vice-President Joe Biden. The goal is to make therapies available to more patients and also improve early detection. Last week the vice president held a nationwide summit. We are recreating the panel that met at Avera Health in Sioux Falls on Dakota. Midday.
Guests Include:
Dr. Luis Rojas - Avera Medical Group Gynecologic Oncology
Dr. Brian Leyland-Jones - Avera Cancer Institute Center for Precision Oncology
Walt Bones - Former South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture and member of the Avera Rural Cancer Advisory Board
David Benson - American Cancer Society
