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Letter To The Editor
Jonathan Mahler’s article in the Sept. 14 issue of The New York Times Magazine provided an excellent overview of the Trump administration’s assault on cancer research.
Guest Editorial
In December 1971, President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act and declared a “War on Cancer.” In the past 54 years, the U.S. has invested $180 billion nominally, or approximately $322 billion when adjusted for inflation, in cancer research. This investment has paid dividends with more than 100 anticancer drugs brought to market in half a century—virtually all traceable to National Cancer Institute funding.
