The Accountability for Cancer Care through Undoing Racism and Equity (ACCURE) clinical trial—a prospective study designed to reduce gaps in cancer treatment completion and survival among Black and white patient populations— found that identifying and addressing obstacles that kept patients from finishing radiation treatments improved five-year survival rates for all patients and erased the survival gap between Black and white patients.
The White House Office of Management and Budget has published a “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” a proposed rule that seeks to fundamentally redraw the ground rules for all federally funded research. On the other side are America’s scientists who aren’t just crying foul—they are readying for a political fight.
